Technical writing by Mubashir Rehman — articles on backend engineering, distributed systems, Python, and software architecture.https://mubashir-rehman.is-a.dev/https://mubashir-rehman.is-a.dev/journal/replacing-scraping-with-tavily/https://mubashir-rehman.is-a.dev/journal/replacing-scraping-with-tavily/Tavily Extract and Crawl replaced the fetch-and-parse layer in my ingestion pipeline. What changed, what I can prove, and how I meter the credits.Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTEngineeringBackendAIhttps://mubashir-rehman.is-a.dev/journal/rebuilding-for-mobile/https://mubashir-rehman.is-a.dev/journal/rebuilding-for-mobile/What it took to go from a desktop-first portfolio to a proper mobile experience: M3 design system, page-level architecture splits, an AI chatbot, and a few honest trade-offs.Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTEngineeringDesignMetaMobilehttps://mubashir-rehman.is-a.dev/journal/flowers-of-multan/https://mubashir-rehman.is-a.dev/journal/flowers-of-multan/Every spring brings me back to a flower mela in Multan — my mother, my siblings, rows of jasmine and tulips, and a strange purple bloom called the Apple of Sodom that stopped me in my tracks. A childhood memory about beauty, gratitude, and studying God through nature.Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTPersonalReflectionChildhoodGratitudehttps://mubashir-rehman.is-a.dev/journal/welcome/https://mubashir-rehman.is-a.dev/journal/welcome/A backend engineer's reflection on building in public, shipping production code, and why I finally put my work on the internet.Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTMetaPersonalEngineering