Archana Gupta
Designing systems that don't break under pressure.
Frontend Systems Engineer · UX Designer
I work at the intersection of system design and user experience — building interfaces that scale, handle failure, and remain predictable.
Learning compounds slowly.
Writing helps me make sense of the complexity.
Recent Learnings
Latest Notes
- Why most frontend systems don't scale
2026-03-12 · 6 min read
Scaling fails when architecture decisions are optimized for speed alone.
architecturefrontendscale - Performance is perception, not just speed
2026-03-08 · 5 min read
Users judge systems by confidence and continuity, not only raw timings.
performanceuxsystems - Designing systems users can trust
2026-03-03 · 7 min read
Reliability is as much a UX problem as it is a technical one.
reliabilityuxdesign
Topics I Track
Current Learning Areas
- - Frontend architecture under scale and team growth
- - UX resilience during degraded states
- - Performance strategy beyond Lighthouse metrics
- - Incident-informed design decisions
I keep iterating this list as my focus shifts, then capture concrete learnings in notes.
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This hub is intentionally unfinished — it grows as I keep learning.