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Engineering
November 202510 min read

Designing Idempotent APIs for Distributed Systems

How to design APIs that can safely be retried without causing duplicate side effects — essential for any system built on queues, webhooks, or unreliable networks.

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Python
October 202511 min read

Python Lambda Functions: Patterns for Production

Battle-tested patterns for writing Python Lambda functions that are fast, observable, and maintainable in production environments.

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DevOps
September 202510 min read

Infrastructure as Code with AWS CDK: Beyond CloudFormation

Why I switched from raw CloudFormation and Terraform to AWS CDK, and how to structure CDK projects for real-world serverless applications.

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PostgreSQL
August 20259 min read

PostgreSQL Performance Tuning for Node.js Applications

Practical techniques for optimizing PostgreSQL queries, connection pooling, and indexing strategies when building Node.js APIs.

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DevOps
July 20257 min read

Serverless CI/CD Pipelines: From Push to Production in Minutes

A hands-on guide to building zero-maintenance CI/CD pipelines for serverless applications using AWS CDK, CodePipeline, and GitHub Actions.

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DevOps
June 20258 min read

Building Event-Driven Architectures with AWS SQS and Lambda

Learn how to decouple microservices and build resilient, scalable systems using Amazon SQS as a message broker with Lambda consumers.

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DevOps
January 20255 min read

Getting Started with Cloudflare Workers

A practical guide to building and deploying serverless applications on Cloudflare Workers.

DevOps