Brain Bytes & Binary

Hi, I’m Sahil. I write about distributed systems, infra, system internals, and everything that breaks in production.

But that’s not all about it.

This space is not just about binary or bytes.
The name always had the brain in it for a reason.

Because behind every system is a mind, and if you don’t understand how it works, you’re just copying solutions and hoping they hold.

What you won’t find here

• 10 tips to crack system design

• Redis in 5 minutes

• Clickbait cheat sheets

• Dopamine-chasing fluff

What you will find here

• Deep dives into how systems actually behave

• Brutally honest posts about learning, confusion, and intuition

• A mindset that values depth over virality, clarity over content

What I believe

• Retention > learning.
  Reading isn’t learning. Scrolling isn’t knowing. Retention is built through friction.

• If you can't explain it, you don’t understand it.
  If you're just mapping problems to patterns, you're solving nothing.

• The why matters more than the how.
  Tools come and go. Intuition stays.

So if you're the kind of person who asks why before how,
If you’re tired of shallow advice and want to build real, earned understanding —
Welcome to Brain Bytes & Binary.