Ruchit Suthar https://ruchitsuthar.com/ Field-tested frameworks for the decisions AI can't make for you — software architecture, technical leadership, and engineering craft from a software architect with 15+ years scaling teams from startup to enterprise. en-US Copyright 2026 Ruchit Suthar hello@ruchitsuthar.com (Ruchit Suthar) hello@ruchitsuthar.com (Ruchit Suthar) Fri, 28 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Fri, 04 Sep 2026 08:00:01 +0000 1440 https://ruchitsuthar.com/og-image.png Ruchit Suthar https://ruchitsuthar.com/ The Distributed Systems Failure Catalog https://ruchitsuthar.com/reference/distributed-systems-failure-catalog/ https://ruchitsuthar.com/reference/distributed-systems-failure-catalog/ Fri, 28 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Reference Consistency Models Reference https://ruchitsuthar.com/reference/consistency-models-reference/ https://ruchitsuthar.com/reference/consistency-models-reference/ Fri, 28 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Reference Architecture Fitness Functions Catalog https://ruchitsuthar.com/reference/fitness-functions-catalog/ https://ruchitsuthar.com/reference/fitness-functions-catalog/ Fri, 28 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Reference Data Store Selection Matrix https://ruchitsuthar.com/reference/data-store-selection-matrix/ https://ruchitsuthar.com/reference/data-store-selection-matrix/ Fri, 28 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Reference Agent Architecture Patterns https://ruchitsuthar.com/reference/agent-architecture-patterns/ https://ruchitsuthar.com/reference/agent-architecture-patterns/ Fri, 28 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Reference Capacity Calculator https://ruchitsuthar.com/tools/capacity-calculator/ https://ruchitsuthar.com/tools/capacity-calculator/ Fri, 28 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Tools ADR Generator https://ruchitsuthar.com/tools/adr-generator/ https://ruchitsuthar.com/tools/adr-generator/ Fri, 28 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Tools Latency Numbers Every Engineer Should Know — 2026 https://ruchitsuthar.com/reference/latency-numbers-2026/ https://ruchitsuthar.com/reference/latency-numbers-2026/ Thu, 27 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Reference SLO & Error Budget Calculator https://ruchitsuthar.com/tools/slo-error-budget-calculator/ https://ruchitsuthar.com/tools/slo-error-budget-calculator/ Thu, 27 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Tools Application Availability: How Many Nines Do You Need? https://ruchitsuthar.com/blog/software-architecture/application-availability-nines-explained/ https://ruchitsuthar.com/blog/software-architecture/application-availability-nines-explained/ Mon, 27 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Software Architecture The Codebase Only AI Understands: Why 3am-Fixability Is the Metric Nobody's Tracking https://ruchitsuthar.com/blog/software-architecture/ai-generated-code-3am-fixability-test/ https://ruchitsuthar.com/blog/software-architecture/ai-generated-code-3am-fixability-test/ Sun, 19 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Software Architecture Multi-Agent Architecture Is Premature Optimization With a New Name https://ruchitsuthar.com/blog/software-architecture/multi-agent-architecture-premature-optimization/ https://ruchitsuthar.com/blog/software-architecture/multi-agent-architecture-premature-optimization/ Sun, 19 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Software Architecture From AI Adoption to AI Accountability: Why Cost, Not Quality, Is the Leadership Problem https://ruchitsuthar.com/blog/technical-leadership/ai-cost-accountability-leadership/ https://ruchitsuthar.com/blog/technical-leadership/ai-cost-accountability-leadership/ Sun, 19 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Technical Leadership Retrieval Failure vs Generation Failure: How to Diagnose Which Layer Is Killing Your RAG System https://ruchitsuthar.com/blog/software-architecture/rag-retrieval-vs-generation-failure/ https://ruchitsuthar.com/blog/software-architecture/rag-retrieval-vs-generation-failure/ Wed, 08 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Software Architecture How to Find a Software Architecture Mentor (Without Wasting a Year) https://ruchitsuthar.com/blog/career-life-design/how-to-find-a-software-architecture-mentor/ https://ruchitsuthar.com/blog/career-life-design/how-to-find-a-software-architecture-mentor/ Fri, 26 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Career & Life Design I Over-Engineered a SaaS for Millions. 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