Databases
Redis Caching Strategies That Actually Move the Needle
Cache-aside, write-through, TTL tuning, and pub/sub invalidation — which pattern to use where, and the mistakes that make a cache worse than no cache at all.
Aug 20263 min read
Writing
Blog
Notes on full-stack engineering, system design, and lessons from shipping production software.
Messaging & Real-Time
Real-Time Order Tracking with Socket.io at Scale
Pushing order status over a websocket is easy on one server. Making it work once you have three servers behind a load balancer is where it gets interesting.
Aug 20262 min read
Backend
JWT Authentication Done Right: Access Tokens, Refresh Tokens, and Revocation
Storing a JWT in localStorage and calling it a day is how you end up with an unrevokable session. The pattern that actually holds up in production.
Aug 20262 min read
AI & Mobile
Shipping React Native Apps: Fastlane, CodePush, and the App Store Grind
The code is the easy part. Shipping five React Native apps to two app stores taught me the release pipeline is where the real engineering happens.
Aug 20263 min read
Architecture
Microservices Decomposition: When (and When Not) to Split a Monolith
Splitting a monolith is easy. Splitting it along the right seams — so you don't just trade one big problem for ten networked ones — is the actual skill.
Aug 20262 min read
Databases
Database Indexing Strategies for High-Volume Transactional Systems
An index isn't a free performance upgrade — it's a trade-off you're making on every write, for the benefit of specific reads. Here's how to make it deliberately.
Aug 20263 min read
Backend
Designing Webhook-Based Payment Confirmation That Doesn't Lose Money
The client-side redirect after payment is not confirmation. Here's the webhook architecture that treats it that way, and what breaks when you don't.
Aug 20262 min read
Architecture
Designing a Multi-Tenant SaaS Architecture from Scratch
Shared database, separate schemas, or fully isolated databases per tenant? The right answer depends on questions most teams don't ask until it's expensive to change.
Aug 20262 min read
DevOps
Docker and Kubernetes for Node.js Teams: A Practical Starting Point
Kubernetes has a real learning-curve cost. Here's the minimal, honest path from a Node.js app running on one server to one running reliably on a cluster.
Aug 20262 min read