Aqil NazriAqil Nazri builds software for Malaysia, from navigation to scam calls, and writes down how it was made.https://aqilnazri.vercel.app/enOne Belang route request, and a rate limit that counted in the wrong roomhttps://aqilnazri.vercel.app/writing/belang-routing-reel/https://aqilnazri.vercel.app/writing/belang-routing-reel/A two-minute explainer reel: the path a route request takes from your phone to the routing engine, what gets stripped out on the way, and why a backup rate limiter added nothing.Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTbelangbackendcloudflarerate-limitingvideoChoosing Belang's backend on a fresh grad's budget, and running it like a teamhttps://aqilnazri.vercel.app/writing/belang-backend/https://aqilnazri.vercel.app/writing/belang-backend/Where Belang's server lives and why it costs €11.50 a month, why routing runs on Valhalla, how the server stays private, and the issue-and-pull-request routine that keeps a one-person project honest.Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTbelangbackenddevopsprivacymalaysiaBuilding Belang, a navigation app for Malaysian roads that doesn't follow you aroundhttps://aqilnazri.vercel.app/writing/building-belang/https://aqilnazri.vercel.app/writing/building-belang/Three days, one tiger mascot and a lot of small pull requests: how the Belang prototype came together, what it gets right about privacy, and what is still sample data.Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTbelangreactmaplibreprivacymalaysia