Shanto Islam (ishanto) is an adaptable full-stack and AI engineer who learns what a problem needs and ships reliable systems - from backend and data design to agentic AI.https://ishanto.com/https://ishanto.com/post/building-reliable-agentic-systems/https://ishanto.com/post/building-reliable-agentic-systems/RAG, vector search, and agents are easy to demo and hard to trust. Here's how I make them dependable.Wed, 17 Jun 2026 18:00:00 GMThttps://ishanto.com/post/adaptability-over-tools/https://ishanto.com/post/adaptability-over-tools/Why I don't define myself by a language or framework - and why that makes me more useful, not less.Fri, 29 May 2026 18:00:00 GMThttps://ishanto.com/post/designing-systems-that-scale/https://ishanto.com/post/designing-systems-that-scale/Scale is decided at the data layer long before traffic arrives. A few principles I keep coming back to.Tue, 21 Apr 2026 18:00:00 GMThttps://ishanto.com/post/javascript-ecosystem-up-close/https://ishanto.com/post/javascript-ecosystem-up-close/Bundlers, runtimes, and monorepos aren't magic. Understanding them changes how you build.Sat, 14 Mar 2026 18:00:00 GMThttps://ishanto.com/post/product-thinking-for-engineers/https://ishanto.com/post/product-thinking-for-engineers/The best technical decisions come from caring how the product feels to use. Engineering and product aren't separate jobs.Sat, 07 Feb 2026 18:00:00 GMT