Engineering at Grootan

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Wild innovations, deep dives, and lessons learned from building at scale.

How AI Can Fix Your Broken Tests (And When It Should Not)

AI-driven self-healing can automatically fix broken test selectors. But when should you let it — and when should you not?

2025-10-07 · 6 min read · Priya K

Building a Comprehensive Full-Stack Observability Ecosystem

Insights from our end-to-end approach to full-stack observability using the Grafana stack, Prometheus, Loki, Tempo, and more.

2024-12-24 · 7 min read

From HPA to KEDA: Elevating Your Kubernetes Autoscaling

How KEDA transforms Kubernetes autoscaling with event-driven scaling based on real-time external metrics beyond CPU and memory.

2024-10-16 · 7 min read

Compose UI: How Jetpack Compose Redefines Android UI with Kotlin

How Jetpack Compose transforms Android UI development by replacing XML with a composition-based, declarative approach in Kotlin.

2024-09-27 · 5 min read

Custom Font SDK for iOS

A Custom Font SDK that lets iOS developers manage and update fonts programmatically, eliminating manual storyboard changes.

2024-09-27 · 3 min read

Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile (KMM): A Game Changer in Cross-Platform Solutions

How KMM enables sharing business logic across Android and iOS while retaining native performance and platform-specific UI.

2024-09-27 · 5 min read

Secure Credential Storage in Mobile Applications

How to securely store user credentials in mobile applications using Android Keystore and iOS Keychain Services.

2024-09-27 · 2 min read

Beyond JWT: Unlocking PASETO for Secure Token Management

Exploring PASETO as a modern, safer alternative to JWT for token-based authentication, with a practical Quarkus implementation guide.

2024-08-14 · 6 min read

Automate TLS/SSL Certificate Renewal Seamlessly with Ansible

How to automate SSL/TLS certificate renewal using Ansible playbooks with Let's Encrypt and AWS Route53 DNS validation.

2024-07-09 · 5 min read

Building an Awesome Terminal User Interface Using Go, Bubble Tea, and Lip Gloss

A tutorial on building modern CLI tools with Go using Bubble Tea for TUI architecture and Lip Gloss for terminal styling.

2024-07-09 · 9 min read

ArgoCD - Simplifying GitOps Deployment

Our folder structure strategy for managing Helm and Kubernetes files within the Argo CD ecosystem for streamlined GitOps deployments.

2024-07-01 · 5 min read

Ensuring Data Integrity: Elasticsearch Scheduled Backup with SLM Policy

Setting up and managing scheduled Elasticsearch backups using Snapshot Lifecycle Management (SLM) policies with Amazon S3 storage.

2024-07-01 · 4 min read

Unlocking Client IP Visibility with Nginx Ingress in Kubernetes

Different methods to capture and preserve the client IP address in Nginx Ingress Controller for Kubernetes environments.