Stories From the Trenches

Surya Digital’s stance on usage of AI by junior software engineers.

This is more opinionated view of how sketching and writing things down has reduced my anxiety, and made me work in a structured way as a product designer.

Building scalable theming in React involves treating themes as centralized configuration objects rather than scattered CSS hacks. This post guides you through designing flexible, maintainable, and portable theme systems using React Context, inline styles, and sound architecture. It covers common pitfalls, project scaling, and UI library integration.

Most developers assume they know what READ COMMITTED, REPEATABLE READ, and SERIALIZABLE really mean, but PostgreSQL’s MVCC engine has a few surprises in store. This blog unpacks the real behavior behind each isolation level, exposes the anomalies they allow (and why), and shows how PostgreSQL bends the classic SQL-92 model in clever, performance-conscious ways. If you care about data consistency, concurrent transactions, or why SERIALIZABLE isn’t just a buzzword, this is the deep dive you didn’t know you needed.

Building an effective document search system requires more than basic PDF parsing. This comprehensive guide demonstrates how to create a hybrid RAG-powered search engine using Typesense’s dual indexing capabilities, custom PDF processing for mixed content types, and AI-driven visual context preservation. Learn how to handle complex documents with handwritten annotations, extract structured data from tables, and deliver accurate results by combining traditional text search with modern vector embeddings and LLM integration.