When We Cross 1000 Subscribers
Where this newsletter is going — and why I might stop writing if it ever changes
We are near 900 subscribers now.
Before we cross 1000 subscribers, I feel the need to say something clearly.
Not for clicks, not for virality, but just so that you know where we are heading.
This space was never just about tech. The name says it: Brain Bytes & Binary.
It’s not just the binary, not just the bytes.
The brain was always part of the name.
Even in the earliest posts, the deep dives into database internals, distributed systems, consistency models, and caching, I was already circling around how we think, not just what we build. I just hadn’t named it yet.
I don’t write for clicks. My brain isn’t wired for that.
I don’t chase dopamine hits, I don’t do something for short-term gains.
I won’t sell you interview hacks. I won’t put 1-page cheat sheets.
And the day I start doing that, the day I start chasing virality or turning this to another generic tech blog, that’s the day I’ve sold out. I would probably stop writing.
But what I can give you is the one thing that actually matters, the tools inside your own brain.
So when you're sitting in front of a whiteboard, a broken prod system, or your own confusion, you’re not running some step-by-step manual.
You’re building from earned intuition.
Not someone else’s “guide” but yours.
This space is not for everyone.
It’s not meant to be for everyone.
I write for people who ask “why” before they ask “how.”
People who sit with hard problems, technical, emotional, existential, and are willing to get to the bottom.
People who want to build systems and understand the mind building them.
What’s coming next
What’s coming next is the part I always knew was coming:
Even deeper technical dives, that’s for sure, because I love what I do.
The regular weekly posts about things in tech that I find interesting, and worth asking the WHYs.
A new monthly series, Breaking Prod, where we dive deep into how tech works at scale, by breaking down tech blogs of Uber, Meta, Discord, Lyft, Airbnb and others who work at scale.
But also the reflections, philosophies, how we learn, and how we grow. I’ve called it Eventually Consistent, a new series.
It won’t be another tutorial. Just truths in the middle of figuring it all out.
So if you’re still here after 1000, know this:
You’re not just subscribing to posts. You’re stepping into a space that takes itself seriously, not just in tone, but also in intent.
This will get deeper.
And if that sounds like your thing -
Welcome to Brain Bytes & Binary.