Reflecting on two major technical challenges from my backend engineering internship, focusing on fault tolerance, infrastructure, and distributed architectures.
Introduction
As I wrap up my HNG internship, I’ve been reflecting on the gap between code that "works on my machine" and code that survives in production. Here is a look at two tasks from Stage 9—one solo, one team-based—that completely changed how I approach backend engineering and infrastructure.
The Individual Task: Background Job Scheduler
What it was
