Backend Engineering

The Problem: apt-key is Deprecated and Repository is Unsigned When trying to install...

Every Go web framework comparison post says the same thing: "Gin is the most popular, Fiber is the...

A while ago — though by current standards that already feels like ancient history — Twitter was loud...

Encoding a URL parameter seems simple until it breaks your API request, ruins your analytics tracking, or causes a redirect loop in… Continue reading on Medium

Cleaner APIs, lower latency, fewer dependencies — better choice for modern Go applications Continue reading on Dev Genius »

How I Built a Stripe Webhook in Node.js (Full Technical Guide) Webhooks are essential for handling asynchronous events in payment processing systems. In this te

I’m a .NET developer. I can build production-ready applications, APIs, and work with databases. In...

You've definitely come across this debate more than once: type or interface? Most answers online boil...

I remember one Friday evening when our support team started reporting “random” missing updates in production. Some user changes were saved… Continue reading on

Why the “Drop-in Replacement” Promise Often Breaks in Production. Continue reading on Medium »

Most PHP interfaces have one implementation, no mocks, and cross no boundary. Three quick tests reveal which ones are safe to delete. Continue reading on Medium

Hi everyone — I'm a backend engineer with 3+ years building and shipping production backend systems,...

In this blog we are going to learn basic fundamentals of programming. We are exploring variables and...

A few months ago I was deep in a panic spiral about a job interview. Backend role, mid-level, and the recruiter casually mentioned that… Continue reading on Med

Real-time features—like chat apps, live notifications, and multiplayer games—have become the norm in modern applications. If you're… Continue reading on Medium

TL;DR Zod's .refine() executes on every input — even when earlier validators like .min()...

Memory exhaustion, “Too many connections,” timeout cascades — three PHP errors that always signal production is about to fall over. Continue reading on Medium »

How I handle saving and loading typed config-like data in a small Rust app without turning it into a big abstraction.

The real logging and timestamp macros I use in a small Rust bot, and why I still like this kind of tiny local utility.

I’ve just started a 40-day journey to learn Go (Golang). This is a record of what I learn in each...

A complete, beginner-to-advanced guide to databases, ORM, sessions, and dependency injection — explained as one connected system. Continue reading on Medium »

PHP 8.5 shipped a pipe operator, from Larry Garfield's RFC (approved 33-7). The marketing examples...

My smartwatch told me I burned 3,400 calories yesterday. My partner's app told me I burned 2,200....

In today’s digital era, companies are looking for skilled developers who can build complete web applications from front to back. Continue reading on Medium »

I'll be honest with you. For the longest time, writing database fixtures was just something I accepted as part of the job. You build a feature, you write the te

All languages have, so far, reached a certain point in their development: error handling. JavaScript,...

Zero config. Zero annotations. No YAML. No Jsdocs. Zero changes to your existing code. Just add one line and your entire API is documented. Continue reading on

If you’ve worked with Firestore long enough, you’ve definitely seen this: “The query requires an...

Real workflows for teams and production Continue reading on Medium »

This blog was originally published on Descope. Looking to implement authentication middleware in...

A payment webhook fires once. You miss it. The customer thinks they paid. Your dashboard says they...

Understanding the control flow of a program is very important to understand the behaviour of code....

Supabase Auth Advanced — Custom Claims, Row Level Security, and Session Management Once...

The JavaScript global object and scope are a key part of building apps with JavaScript....

Supabase PostgreSQL Functions — Move Complex Logic Server-Side with RPC Writing complex...

A few weeks ago I was debugging a POST /login endpoint that was occasionally taking 800ms...

It’s hard to believe in 2026, the AI burst era, there are still people out there who are learning algorithms as an interview preparation… Continue reading on Me

Hello, I’m starting a new project to improve my backend development skills using Laravel. The goal...

TL;DR I open-sourced mini-xlsx, a one-function, zero-dependency XLSX builder for the...

In today’s scenarios such as data scraping, automation workflows, and multi-account management, proxies have become essential infrastructure. Among them, HTTP p

The slowdown doesn’t show up in your code editor. It shows up in production graphs, tiny spikes stacking into a wall of latency. Continue reading on Tech Vibes

There are some developer tools that are not complicated at all, but still manage to interrupt your...

Most tutorials on client-side data storage reach for IndexedDB, localStorage, or a third-party sync...

Why modern backend work now depends on code judgment, production visibility, and the ability to review AI output before it becomes… Continue reading on Medium »

How the new _ syntax simplifies your code and satisfies the compiler. Continue reading on Medium »

Looking for non-Linux open-source options? From ghosts of past operating systems to fascinating works in progress, here are my top picks.

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What nobody informs you about until something fails in the production instance. Continue reading on Medium »