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Tutorials and insights from real builds, designed for clarity.

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Is Meta Listening to You? How Facebook and Instagram Predict What You Want.
#01backend17 Aug 20267 min

Is Meta Listening to You? How Facebook and Instagram Predict What You Want.

What is actually happening is more interesting

The Node.js Cluster Mistake That Can Hurt Your Kubernetes Production System
#02backend09 Aug 20266 min

The Node.js Cluster Mistake That Can Hurt Your Kubernetes Production System

Scaling an application is not just about creating more processes. You also need to make sure the infrastructure has enough resources to support those processes.

Building a Smarter AI Chatbot with Vector Search
#03backend26 Apr 20264 min

Building a Smarter AI Chatbot with Vector Search

AI chatbot that had a very specific job: answer user questions using data stored in a database

What Job Interviews Really Teach You (Beyond Getting Selected)
#04backend05 Apr 20265 min

What Job Interviews Really Teach You (Beyond Getting Selected)

A personal story about navigating job interviews during a notice period, understanding modern hiring patterns, and realizing that interviews today test learning ability, mindset, and problem-solving more than memorized knowledge.

Why Refresh Tokens Matter in Real Applications
#05backend28 Feb 20265 min

Why Refresh Tokens Matter in Real Applications

Refresh tokens help balance security and user experience. They allow short-lived access tokens while keeping users logged in safely without repeated logins. Simple concept, powerful in real-world systems.

Debouncing & Throttling
#06backend04 Feb 20263 min

Debouncing & Throttling

Debouncing and throttling are two such topics. They look simple, but they solve very real performance problems in applications.