Syed Aslam

Software engineer exploring long-lived systems, Rails internals, and infrastructure lessons. I write about debugging, performance, and the realities of maintaining mature codebases.

Bangalore, India Joined on Sep 23, 2017 https://syedaslam.com

Syed Aslam

Jul 27

Git Worktrees: Multiple Branches Without the Checkout Shuffle

#git #devtools #workflow

9 min read

Syed Aslam

Apr 24

Why present? Can Hide SQL in Rails

#rails #activerecord #performance

3 min read

Syed Aslam

Mar 26

present? and the Hidden Query Boundary

#rails #activerecord #performance

1 min read

Syed Aslam

Mar 12

When ||= Betrays Your Memoization

#ruby #memoization #performance

2 min read

Syed Aslam

Mar 29

Stimulus Is Boring — and That’s Why It Works

#rails #stimulus #javascript #frontend

2 min read

Syed Aslam

Mar 28

Escaping the AMS Trap: How We Benchmarked Our Way to Alba

#rails #performance #serialization #alba

6 min read

Syed Aslam

Mar 24

Rails Removed Email Obfuscation. Here's How I Brought It Back with Stimulus

#rails #stimulus #security #frontend

3 min read

Syed Aslam

Mar 23

Formatting ActiveSupport::Duration Objects in Rails

#rails #activesupport #helpers

2 min read

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Git Worktrees: Multiple Branches Without the Checkout Shuffle

Why present? Can Hide SQL in Rails

present? and the Hidden Query Boundary

When ||= Betrays Your Memoization

Stimulus Is Boring — and That’s Why It Works

Escaping the AMS Trap: How We Benchmarked Our Way to Alba

Rails Removed Email Obfuscation. Here's How I Brought It Back with Stimulus

Formatting ActiveSupport::Duration Objects in Rails