Articles

The backend service layer is often the bottleneck in microservices architecture, and merging to test is a major contributor to this issue. In this article, we'll explore why merging to test is killing your microservices velocity and what you can do to improve service layer performance.

Microservices architecture provides scalability and flexibility but also introduces performance challenges such as network latency, distributed transactions, and cross-service monitoring difficulties.

In the world of CSS, the rise of preprocessors like LESS and SCSS has been revolutionary. However, with great power comes great responsibility. Choosing the right preprocessor for your project can be a daunting task, especially for senior developers.

The arrival of AI coding assistants promised a new era of hyper-productivity in software development, but it may have an unintended consequence: slowing down developers due to the code review paradox.

Behind the scenes, large-scale platforms process enormous numbers of transactions, requiring accurate, secure, and quick processing. This article explores how these platforms manage massive transaction volumes and the engineering challenges involved.

Every Next.js project starts clean, but as it grows, architecture issues arise. This article provides a practical guide to building layered, reusable architecture in Next.js, covering topics such as the App Router's colocation model and Turborepo.

Deploying multiple domain-specific small language models can be challenging. This article focuses on designing an architecture that helps maintain a fleet of SLMs, covering topics such as model registries, gateway patterns, and manifest-based delivery systems.

Serverless architectures, such as AWS Lambda, can experience performance issues due to 'cold starts' and nighttime usage. Understanding the causes and effects of these problems is crucial for building scalable and cost-efficient applications.

Event-driven architecture powers real-time frontend UIs, enabling the creation of concurrent web applications. Learn how to leverage WebSockets, Server-Sent Events, and state management patterns to build robust and efficient UIs.

A plugin architecture allows an application to load external modules that extend its functionality at runtime, making it easier to evolve faster than a single team can maintain a monolithic codebase.

I built a data seeding architecture that doesn't blow up in production by using idempotent seeds, avoiding N+1 tradeoffs, and implementing TDD guardrails.