About Me

I'm Shubhankar Borade, and I've spent the last seven years learning that writing code is the easy part—making the right architectural decisions is what separates functional applications from maintainable ones.

My journey started as a self-taught developer diving into Node.js, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and the AWS ecosystem. What I discovered quickly was that most learning resources teach you how to implement patterns and technologies, but very few teach you when to use them and why one choice might be better than another.

This blog exists because I wish I'd had these conversations when I was starting out—real stories from developers who made mistakes, learned from them, and developed frameworks for making better decisions next time.

What You'll Find Here

This isn't a tutorial blog. You won't find step-by-step guides for implementing basic CRUD APIs or setting up your first Express server. Instead, you'll get the messy, real-world stories of architectural decisions made under pressure, the trade-offs that seemed smart at the time but caused problems later, and the frameworks I've developed for thinking through complex technical choices.

Every article here comes from actual experience—from startup environments where you have to move fast and make decisions with incomplete information, to enterprise systems where the wrong choice affects thousands of users and costs real money.

My Approach

I don't claim to be a coding guru or architecture expert. I'm a developer who's made plenty of mistakes and learned to think systematically about the decisions we make every day: Should this be a microservice or part of the monolith? When does it make sense to introduce caching? How do you evaluate the trade-offs between development speed and system maintainability?

The goal isn't to give you perfect solutions—it's to help you develop better judgment for your specific context and constraints.

Beyond the Blog

I've written two books that dive deeper into these decision-making frameworks: "Building Node.js Applications" focuses on practical development patterns for real-world projects, while "The Developer's Guide to Design Pattern Decisions" explores how to choose the right architectural patterns for your specific situation.

But whether you read the books or just follow the blog, my hope is that these stories help you avoid some of the mistakes I've made and develop your own approach to thinking through complex technical decisions.

Let's Connect

If you're wrestling with similar architectural challenges, want to share your own war stories, or just want to discuss the messy reality of building software in the real world, I'd love to hear from you. The best learning happens when developers share their experiences honestly—including the failures and the lessons learned from them.

Feel free to reach out at shubhankar@bombaytechsolutions.com.