A systems blueprint, in long form.
Practical engineering essays, field notes, and the projects behind them. Pick a thread.
What I'm thinking about
Recent posts
See all writingInferGo: Run ML Inference in Go Without Python in Production
Go gopher receiving the exported bundle from the python to use in the runtime engine.Introducing a small Go-native toolkit for embedding model inference directly in backend services — no Python dependencies at runtime. I
Why your best engineering writing is for an audience of one
The most useful documentation I have written this year is for a project that has not shipped publicly yet. Three markdown files at the root of an open-source repo most readers will not see for another six months.
Most engineering writing is for the wrong reader
The reviewer reads it once. The merge bot doesn't read it at all. Future-you reads it forever. Pick the longer-running reader.
What staff-level judgment actually looks like
It's less about technical complexity and more about which problems you choose to solve — and which you let slide.
Things I've built
See allMinerva
AI-powered AML screening: backend, search, reporting, platform.
Senior Engineer · 2025–present
Discova
A calmer way to read and discover engineering content.
Builder · 2026–present
TrustKarry
Peer-to-peer logistics marketplace connecting senders to trusted travelers.
Founding Engineer · 2025–present
Fera
Multi-platform commerce suite for merchants.
Engineer → Lead · 2020–2026
Heroshe
Ship-for-me and Shop-for-me logistics and import infrastructure services.
Engineer · 2018–2025
Applied-AI experiments
Public-safe builds exploring LLM workflows.
Solo · Ongoing
Recent notes
Browse all notesI'm Jatto Abdul, a senior software engineer building backend, platform, product, and applied-AI systems.
My work sits in the messy middle where product ideas become real software: APIs, data flows, search and reporting workflows, integrations, caching, deployment, and the judgment calls that keep systems understandable as they grow.
I think in systems: boundaries, contracts, observability, blast radius, and the people who have to operate the thing after it ships. I write because thinking in public makes me better.
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