Kubernetes Liveness vs Readiness Probes (and Startup): Getting Them Right
Learn what Kubernetes liveness, readiness and startup probes each decide, how to time them, and how to avoid misconfigurations that cause pod restart storms.
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Feature Flags in a Monolith: Trunk-Based Rollouts Without Branches
How to use feature flags in a monolith for trunk-based development: flag types, evaluation points, gradual rollout, schema changes, testing and flag cleanup.
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API Versioning Strategies: URL vs Header vs Media Type Versioning
Compare URL, header and media type API versioning on caching, routing and tooling, and learn to define breaking changes and retire old versions safely.
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Nx Remote Cache on S3 or MinIO: Self-Hosted Setup and Security
Set up a self-hosted Nx remote cache on S3 or MinIO with split read/write credentials, lifecycle rules, and practical defenses against cache poisoning.
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How to Scale a Monolith Horizontally: State, Locks and Cron Jobs
A checklist for running multiple instances of a monolith: find hidden shared state, replace in-process locks, and stop cron jobs from running once per instance.
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Nx Release: Versioning and Publishing npm Packages in a Monorepo
Set up nx release with fixed or independent versioning, Conventional Commits, changelogs, dry runs and safe CI publishing for an npm monorepo.
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Modular Monolith in Node.js: Enforcing Module Public APIs
Build a modular monolith in Node.js with TypeScript: small index.ts public APIs, tooling-enforced boundaries, data ownership, events, and a composition root.
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Async Request-Reply Pattern: HTTP 202 Accepted, Polling and Job Status
Design long-running HTTP operations with 202 Accepted, a job status endpoint, idempotent submission, sound polling, optional callbacks and cleanup rules.
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Distributed Lock Redis vs Postgres: Redlock, Advisory Locks, Fencing
Compare Redis Redlock and PostgreSQL advisory locks, learn why lease-based locks fail, and when fencing tokens are required for correctness.
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Debugging an Nx Cache Miss: Inputs, namedInputs and Hash Details
Learn how Nx composes task hashes, how to diff hash details between runs to find the cause of an nx cache miss, and how to fix inputs with namedInputs.
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Build a Bun.serve API with bun:sqlite and Zero Dependencies
Build a small REST API with Bun.serve and bun:sqlite: manual routing, prepared statements, validation, migrations, graceful shutdown and tests, no npm packages.
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Bulkhead Pattern in Microservices: Sizing Thread and Connection Pools
Learn how to design bulkheads in microservices as a capacity-planning exercise: isolate thread pools and connections, size them with Little's Law, and verify.
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