Technical writing that ranks

Deep dives into backend engineering, system design, AI, and developer tooling — written for practitioners, optimized for search.

System Design8 min read

How I Designed a Rate Limiter from Scratch

A deep dive into token bucket algorithms, sliding window counters, and production-ready rate limiting in Spring Boot.

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AI / ML6 min read

Understanding Vector Databases for AI Search

Why traditional databases fall short for semantic search and how vector embeddings change the game.

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Backend Engineering10 min read

Spring Boot 3 Migration Guide: What Actually Changed

A practical, no-fluff migration checklist with code examples for upgrading from Spring Boot 2.x.

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Developer Tools5 min read

The Developer's Guide to Writing Docs People Read

Frameworks and patterns for writing technical documentation that developers actually want to read.

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Backend Engineering9 min read

Building Event-Driven Microservices with RabbitMQ

Patterns for reliable async communication between services using message queues.

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Developer Tools7 min read

Why Your Technical Blog Isn't Ranking (And How to Fix It)

SEO strategies specifically for developer content — from keyword research to technical on-page optimization.

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Backend Engineering6 min read

Building a Rate Limiter in Pure Python — No Redis Required

No Redis. No django-ratelimit. Just a sliding window, a dictionary, and 40 lines of code.

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System Design6 min read

The Cryptic Ledger: What a CTF Challenge Taught Me About Hashing

A corrupted log file, thousands of lines of noise, and one bug that breaks everything — a missing newline you'd never think to check.

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Backend Engineering11 min read

Django Explained End-to-End: Architecture, ORM, Security & Backend Design

A backend engineer's mental model of Django — how it actually works, why it's still relevant in 2026, and what makes it different from a library.

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Backend Engineering10 min read

REST APIs Explained: How the Web Talks Behind the Scenes

What REST actually is, how it works step-by-step, and the design principles that make APIs maintainable at scale.

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Backend Engineering9 min read

The Lifecycle of a Java Program: From Source Code to JVM Execution

What actually happens when you run a Java program — from compilation through class loading, linking, and garbage collection.

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