#backend
12 articles tagged with #backend
Rust + Go Hybrid Architectures: What 6 Months Taught Me About Java's Middle Ground
48.8% of companies now use Rust in production. Go still powers Kubernetes and Docker. After 6 months of running both together, I found a pattern that outperforms Java's monolith β and avoids the trap of rewriting everything.
Rust + PostgreSQL: Building a Backend That Actually Scales β Without the JVM Tax
I built a production API with Rust, Axum, and PostgreSQL. Here's what the memory footprint, query performance, and deploy pipeline taught me about Spring Boot's blind spots.
What 6 Months of Rust Taught Me About Java's Blind Spots
I spent 10 years shipping Java and switched to Rust for 6 months. The borrow checker didn't break me β it exposed things about Java I'd stopped noticing.
Why I Stopped Writing CI/CD Pipelines from Scratch β And Started Using Proven Patterns
I wasted years reinventing CI/CD wheels β custom bash scripts, Jenkins groovy nightmares, YAML copy-paste. Here are the 5 pipeline patterns I now reuse for every project, tested across Spring Boot, FastAPI, and React.
Why I Stopped Using Docker Compose in Production β Kubernetes Patterns That Actually Work
I ran Docker Compose in production for years until it broke at 3 AM. Here are the 6 Kubernetes patterns I actually use β no Helm charts, no ceremony, just what works.
HNSW vs IVFFLAT in pgvector: I Benchmarked Both, Here's What Actually Matters
IVFFLAT and HNSW are the two index types in pgvector. I benchmarked both on 500K embeddings β the winner depends on your workload, not the hype.
TypeScript 6 Erased My Build Step β And That Changes Everything
I deleted tsc, esbuild, and ts-node from my project. TypeScript 6 with Node's type stripping runs .ts files directly. Here's what broke, what didn't, and why I'm not going back.
PostgreSQL Vector Search: pgvector Tricks I Wish I Knew Sooner
You don't need Pinecone or Weaviate. PostgreSQL with pgvector handles vector search, hybrid queries, and semantic retrieval β and it's already in your stack.
7 PostgreSQL Performance Tricks I Wish I Knew Earlier
Index tuning, query planning, and connection pooling β the PostgreSQL performance techniques that made my apps 10x faster. NoεΊθ―.
PostgreSQL Tricks I Wish I Knew 5 Years Ago
After years of writing raw SQL in production, these are the PostgreSQL features that actually changed how I think about databases.
FastAPI + SQLModel: The Python API Stack I Actually Recommend in 2026
After building dozens of APIs with Flask, FastAPI, Django, and every hybrid imaginable β here's the stack I reach for now and why.
Spring Boot 3.x: What Actually Changed (And What to Do About It)
Spring Boot 3 dropped Java 17 minimum and brought records, virtual threads, and AOT compilation. Here's what matters for your existing apps and new projects.