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Architecting Freedom: Building a Secure, Serverless Portfolio for $0

I architect systems for a living. I spend my days designing secure, scalable ecosystems for Fortune 500 companies, ensuring data flows correctly between Salesforce, Mulesoft, and AI agents. Yet, for the longest time, my own digital home was built on “rented land.” I was writing on platforms like Hashnode and Medium. They are fantastic tools, but they are Black Boxes. I found myself wrestling with random timeouts, Cloudflare verification loops, limited free articles that blocked my readers, and rigid styling that felt like wearing a uniform. ...

December 15, 2025 · 4 min · Pavan Chavali
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Episode 2: MCP vs MuleSoft: Friends, Not Foes

If you’ve read Episode 1, you probably remember how we opened the door to this new world of AI MCP (Model Context Protocol) — the idea that systems could start reasoning, not just integrating. It felt exciting, futuristic… maybe too good to be true. And honestly, that’s what I’ve been thinking about ever since. Because like most of you who’ve lived through long integration nights, broken APIs, and “mysterious” data mismatches — I’ve learned that every shiny new thing comes with its own set of “gotchas.” ...

November 23, 2025 · 5 min · Pavan Chavali

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