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FINANCE PRO: PAYTRACK

Dev Chavda — Sat, 09 May 2026 13:30:00 +0000

One unexpected challenge while building PayTrack this week:

The backend suddenly stopped communicating with Supabase even though the application code was completely correct.

After hours of debugging Flask configs, API requests, credentials, CORS, and network calls, the actual issue turned out to be DNS routing from the ISP itself.

The backend simply could not properly reach Supabase servers.

Changing DNS settings to Google/Cloudflare fixed the issue instantly.

Interesting reminder that software debugging is often larger than the application code itself. Infrastructure, networking, DNS, and external services can quietly become the real source of failure.

BIG UPDATE

Dev Chavda — Sat, 09 May 2026 06:05:45 +0000

Recently started working on a finance-related project focused on trading data and analytics.

Still in the early phase, but this is probably going to be one of the biggest and most technical projects I’ve worked on so far.

Will share progress and things I learn while building it.

Why I Started Writing Technical Articles

Dev Chavda — Fri, 08 May 2026 10:16:38 +0000

For the past several years, I've been learning about different things like:

engineering,
data analysis,
automating processes,
PR and recruiting processes,
improving systems, and
troubleshooting engineering problems.

One thing I've noticed over and over again is that there are many engineering practices that are not documented very well.

Most of what you find online about engineering is:

either too theoretical,
or too simple,
or is written by someone who has never tried to do the thing they are talking about.

So I decided I was going to start writing.

This blog will be about:

engineering techniques that work in real life,
workflows that actually work,
ways to automate tasks,
how to recruit engineers,
what you need to know about back-end development,
using software to improve your productivity,
and things I've learned along the way from building solutions like these.

Ultimately, my goal is to create useful content for engineers, recruiters, data analysts, and anyone else looking for ways to enhance their technical capabilities.

No exaggerations.
No "hacks" to making yourself more organised and efficient.
No recycled fluff from someone who didn't build what they are writing about.

Only useful descriptions of practical processes, observations from the field, and systems that produce positive results.

Stay tuned for my first article soon!