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Featured · Architecture
March 12, 2026 • 15 min read

The Great Migration: Breaking down the monolith step-by-step.

Refactoring legacy enterprise codebases into microservices is rarely straightforward. In this extensive guide, I map out the strategies my team utilized to decouple a massive e-commerce monolith into serverless components utilizing AWS EventBridge and Docker over typical REST architectures. We cover data decoupling boundaries, event stream failures, and more.

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Performance
March 5, 2026 8 min read

Optimizing React Apps for Sub-Second Load Times

Deep-dive into advanced code splitting, lazy loading patterns, and bundle optimization techniques that make React apps blazing fast.

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Architecture
February 18, 2026 12 min read

Building Scalable APIs with Node.js Microservices

A practical guide to designing microservice architectures that can handle millions of requests with zero downtime deployments.

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Design
January 30, 2026 6 min read

The Art of Glassmorphism: CSS Techniques for 2026

Exploring advanced CSS techniques to create stunning glassmorphism effects that balance aesthetics with accessibility and performance.

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Tooling
December 15, 2025 5 min read

Moving from Webpack to Vite

Tired of a 4-minute build step? Here is how and why you should migrate your tooling to Vite to drastically improve developer experience.

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State
November 02, 2025 10 min read

Zustand vs Redux Toolkit

An objective look at state management in 2026. Do you really need the boilerplate of Redux, or is a simpler store pattern enough?

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Backend
October 18, 2025 7 min read

Django ORM Advanced Queries

Skip the N+1 problem. Learn how to use prefetch_related and annotate properly to slice database workloads by over 80%.

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