PostgreSQL CTEs and Window Functions You Should Be Using
Go beyond basic SELECT queries with Common Table Expressions and window functions — real patterns for analytics, pagination, and deduplication.
· 12 min readBackend Articles
Technical articles related to backend.
FastAPI Performance Optimization for High Traffic APIs
Optimize FastAPI for high traffic with async patterns, connection pooling, caching, serialization, and production deployment configuration.
· 12 min readDesigning Scalable Backend Systems for SaaS Platforms
Architectural patterns for building scalable SaaS backends including multi-tenancy, service boundaries, API versioning, and background job processing.
· 13 min readTesting FastAPI Applications with Pytest: A Practical Guide
Practical guide to testing FastAPI applications with Pytest including fixtures, database isolation, authentication testing, and factories.
· 10 min readSupabase in Production: What Works and What Breaks
An honest production review of Supabase covering authentication, RLS, connection limits, realtime scaling, and production deployment checklist.
· 11 min readREST API Design Principles That Scale
Practical REST API design covering URL structure, response formats, status codes, versioning, pagination, and rate limiting.
· 11 min readBuilding Real-Time Applications with WebSockets and FastAPI
Build production WebSocket features in FastAPI including rooms, authentication, heartbeats, reconnection, and multi-server scaling with Redis.
· 12 min readDesigning APIs That Scale: Practical REST API Architecture
Practical REST API architecture patterns including URL design, pagination, filtering, error handling, idempotency, and rate limiting.
· 11 min readDebugging Hard Production Bugs: Techniques Used by Senior Engineers
Systematic techniques for debugging hard production bugs including evidence gathering, git bisect, structured logging, and isolation strategies.
· 11 min readDocker for Backend Developers: Production Patterns
Docker production patterns for backend developers including multi-stage builds, security, health checks, caching, secrets, and resource limits.
· 10 min readBuilding a Full-Stack AI SaaS with FastAPI, React and Supabase
Architecture and implementation patterns for building a full-stack AI SaaS with FastAPI, React, and Supabase including streaming and usage tracking.
· 13 min readDatabase Migration Strategies for Production Systems
Safe database migration strategies including zero-downtime patterns, expand-contract, batched backfills, concurrent indexes, and rollback planning.
· 12 min readHow to Debug Slow APIs in Production Systems
Systematic guide to debugging slow production APIs covering timing, query profiling, N+1 detection, connection pools, and distributed tracing.
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