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Outcomes & Impact

Engineering a Platform from Zero to IPO: Technical Decisions That Drove Nykaa's Growth

Dipankar Sarkar details the engineering decisions behind Nykaa's 500% traffic growth and IPO. Platform migration, performance optimization, and the technical architecture that supported India's largest beauty e-commerce platform.

10 min read
Outcomes & Impact

Measuring Engineering Impact: Beyond Lines of Code and Story Points

Dipankar Sarkar presents a framework for measuring engineering impact that connects technical work to business outcomes. Move beyond vanity metrics to measure what actually matters.

9 min read
Team Building

Remote-First Engineering Teams: Building Distributed Organizations That Deliver

Dipankar Sarkar explains how to build remote-first engineering teams that outperform co-located ones. Communication architecture, async workflows, and trust systems for distributed teams.

9 min read
Team Building

Hiring Engineers Who Ship: Building High-Performance Teams from Scratch

Dipankar Sarkar shares the hiring framework he used to build engineering teams at Nykaa, Hike, and Orangewood Labs. How to identify engineers who ship production systems, not just pass interviews.

8 min read
AI Engineering

Scaling AI-Assisted Development: From Startup to Enterprise

Dipankar Sarkar explains how to scale AI-assisted development from small teams to enterprise. The Pivot Point framework for knowing when informal practices break.

8 min read
AI Engineering

Production-Ready AI-Assisted Development: The Vibes Inside Guardrails Framework

Dipankar Sarkar explains how to use AI code generation in production systems. The Vibes Inside Guardrails framework for capturing AI productivity while maintaining reliability.

7 min read