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Engineer / storyteller / recovering hustler
Parin Katariya
I write about systems that scale, pauses that heal, and the strange little tools that make life on the internet feel more humane.
The pause has signal.
Career breaks, identity, spirituality, humor, small-town roots, and the work of becoming whole again.
EngineeringNotes for sharper builders.
Data structures, system design, interview patterns, and the mental models behind reliable software.
Projects & NotesUseful things, clearly explained.
Scripts, business concepts, product thinking, and practical artifacts from the workshop.
Featured
Best entry points
From Hustle to Heal: Why I Quit My High-Paying Job to Take a Break and Reclaim My Life
A candid, funny, deeply Indian essay about quitting a high-paying job to recover health and meaning.
System Design
Scalability, load balancing, sharding, caching, and other system design fundamentals.
Archive
Everything on the desk
Life
Essays, pauses, and meaning
From Hustle to Heal: Why I Quit My High-Paying Job to Take a Break and Reclaim My Life
A candid, funny, deeply Indian essay about quitting a high-paying job to recover health and meaning.
Parin's reflections -- A (fictional) story about myself
A fictionalized self-portrait about ambition, pause, spirituality, and finding a richer melody.
Om
A quiet opening prayer to mark the beginning of the blog.
Engineering
Systems, interviews, and code notes
DDD
Notes from Parin's archive.
Java DS Summary
A practical Java data-structures refresher for interview prep and daily problem solving.
Leet code patterns summary
A compressed map of interview problem patterns: windows, pointers, graphs, dynamic programming, and more.
Leet code patterns with problems
LeetCode patterns paired with representative problems and descriptions.
Observability Pillars
Notes from Parin's archive.
System Design
Scalability, load balancing, sharding, caching, and other system design fundamentals.