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Sep 7, 2025
Feature Flags: Deploy Daily, Release When Ready
Decouple deployment from release. Ship code to production without exposing it to users until you're ready.
Aug 31, 2025
Zero-Downtime Database Migrations
Changing database schemas without taking your app offline. It's tricky but doable.
Aug 24, 2025
Event Sourcing: When State Isn't Enough
Instead of storing current state, store every change that led to it. Here's when this actually makes sense.
Aug 17, 2025
BullMQ: Background Jobs That Actually Work
Need to process jobs in the background? BullMQ is the answer. Heres how to set it up right with retries, priorities, and monitoring.
Aug 10, 2025
WebSockets in Production: Patterns That Scale
WebSockets are easy to start, hard to scale. Heres how to build real-time features that actually work in production.
Aug 3, 2025
Retry Patterns: Exponential Backoff Done Right
Network calls fail. Retrying immediately makes it worse. Here's the smart way to handle transient failures.
Jul 27, 2025
Circuit Breaker Pattern: Fail Fast, Recover Faster
When a service is down, stop hammering it. The circuit breaker pattern protects both you and the failing service.
Jul 20, 2025
Rate Limiting: Protecting Your API From Itself
Without rate limits, one bad actor or buggy client can take down your whole service. Here's how to implement them properly.
Jul 19, 2025
Idempotent APIs: Same Request, Same Result
Network requests get retried. If your API charges a card twice because of a retry, you have a problem.
Jul 13, 2025
API Versioning: Three Patterns That Actually Work
Breaking changes happen. Here's how to version your API without breaking your clients.
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