Nx Affected in GitHub Actions: Getting Base and Head SHAs Right
Learn how nx affected picks what to run, why GitHub Actions defaults give wrong SHAs, and how to set correct bases for pushes and PRs with nx-set-shas.
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Transactional Outbox Pattern: Reliable Events from PostgreSQL
Solve the dual write problem in PostgreSQL with the transactional outbox pattern: table design, polling and CDC relays, idempotent consumers and ordering.
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Webhook Delivery Design: Signatures, Retries and Replay Protection
Design webhooks as signed, timestamped, idempotent at-least-once events: HMAC verification, replay windows, retries with backoff, and key rotation.
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Spring Boot Virtual Threads: When They Help and When They Don't
How Spring Boot virtual threads work, which workloads gain from them, where bottlenecks move, and how to limit concurrency, detect pinning and roll out safely.
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Service Discovery in Microservices: How Load Balancing Really Works
Learn how service discovery and load balancing fit together in microservices: DNS, Kubernetes Services, client-side balancing, proxies, and rollout pitfalls.
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Nx Docker Build with a Pruned Lockfile for Lean Node Images
Use Nx generatePackageJson to emit a per-app package.json and pruned lockfile, then build a lean multi-stage Docker image for an Nx Node app.
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Nx Conformance Rules: Governing Large Workspaces Without Stalling Teams
Learn how Nx conformance rules, tags, and module boundaries govern large monorepos, and how to roll out enforcement in stages without blocking every team.
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Node.js Streams Backpressure: Handling Large Payloads Safely
Learn how Node.js streams backpressure works, why ignoring it causes memory leaks, and how pipeline() and async iteration handle large uploads safely.
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Monolith Caching Strategies: In-Process vs Shared Cache
Compare in-process and shared caches in a monolith, covering hit rates under scaling, invalidation, cache stampede fixes, two-tier design and what to measure.
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Bounded Contexts in a Modular Monolith: Enforce Them in Code
Learn how to discover bounded contexts, enforce module boundaries in code, schema and CI, map context relationships, and decide when to extract a service.
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API Gateway vs Backend for Frontend: Choosing the Edge Layer
Learn how API gateways and BFFs split edge responsibilities, when to use one or both, and how aggregation, latency, ownership and GraphQL change the design.
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Server-Sent Events vs WebSockets for Backend Push Updates
Compare server-sent events vs websockets for real-time updates: wire protocols, SSE scaling, websocket load balancing, proxies, deploys, and when to pick each.
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