What I’m Actually Learning as a 19-Year-Old SWE Student (And Why)
Why your university degree won't make you employable, and the raw, self-taught roadmap you actually need to build real-world products.
Jun 25, 202614 min read4
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The Engineering Logs
Hey, I'm Syed Ahmer Shah. The Engineering Logs is my personal archive of navigating full-stack development, AI integration, and the actual, unglamorized grind of building systems from scratch.
Instead of generic tutorials, I write down real architectural decisions, code that broke, and the exact fixes that saved it. Everything here is documented as it happens—from optimizing database logic to breaking down complex systems thinking.
This is where theory gets thrown out for raw execution.
Syed Ahmer Shah | Engineering Logs: Design, Sync, Energize is a transparent look at what it really takes to master the stack and build high-performance architecture. If you are here for clean code, hard technical truths, and zero-bullshit engineering, stick around.
I Coded My Portfolio From Scratch. No Templates.
Why using pre-built templates stunts your growth as a developer, and how I engineered my own custom 3D web experience from raw code.
May 26, 202616 min read414
I Built a Production-Grade E-Commerce Platform in 3 Months — GitHub Copilot Was My Co-Founder
How a solo developer used AI mentorship to build a frameworkless, secure backend engine.
May 24, 202611 min read372
Swapping Go for Rust: 10x Cheaper K8s Ingress
How a $4,200 AWS bill forced a startup to dump Go-based ingress for Rust—and slashed infrastructure costs by 90%.
May 19, 202612 min read12
Big Tech Is Firing Humans to Buy More GPUs
The Brutal reality of the 2026 strategic resource shift.
May 1, 202611 min read62
What if AI started in 2006?
What if AGI launched in the MySpace era? How a 20-year AI head start would bypass smartphones and completely transform software engineering today.
Apr 25, 20264 min read100