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8 minFeatured

Why Your API Is Slow and How to Fix It

backend

Most slow APIs are not slow because of the framework. They are slow because of three fixable mistakes. Here is what they are and how to find them in your own codebase.

Studio

10 min

Postgres Full-Text Search Is Better Than You Think

backend

Before you reach for Elasticsearch, give Postgres a fair shot. Here is what it can do out of the box and when it is genuinely enough.

Studio

7 min

Handling Errors in TypeScript Without Throwing Everything

backend

Thrown exceptions are fine until they are not. Result types give you explicit, type-safe error handling that does not surprise you at runtime.

Studio

12 minFeatured

Monolith to Microservices: What Nobody Tells You

devops

The migration guides make it look clean. The reality is messier. This is what we learned from doing it on a live system with real traffic and a hard deadline.

Studio

9 min

Railway vs Fly.io vs Render: A Real Comparison

devops

Not a benchmark. Not sponsored. Just an honest breakdown of what each platform is good at and where each one will frustrate you.

Studio

11 min

Zero Downtime Deployments Without Kubernetes

devops

Kubernetes is not the only way to deploy without dropping requests. Here are three simpler approaches that work well for most applications.

Studio

8 min

The Right Way to Structure a Node.js Project

architecture

There is no single right answer. But there are wrong ones. Here is the structure we use on every new Node.js project and why each decision was made.

Studio

6 minFeatured

When a Monolith Is the Right Answer

architecture

Microservices get all the attention. But for most teams at most stages, a well-structured monolith ships faster, fails more clearly, and costs less to run.

Studio

7 min

Astro Is the Right Default for Content Sites in 2026

frontend

Next.js is not always the answer. For content-heavy sites that need to be fast, Astro ships less JavaScript by default and earns it.

Studio

10 min

Building a Design System Without a Design Team

frontend

You do not need a dedicated designer to have consistent UI. Here is a practical approach to building a lightweight design system as a solo developer.

9 min

How to Scope a Software Project So It Does Not Blow Up

business

Scope creep is not a client problem. It is a scoping problem. Here is the process we use to define work clearly before a line of code is written.

Studio

8 minFeatured

Pricing Client Work: Why Hourly Is Usually Wrong

business

Hourly pricing punishes you for getting faster and rewards you for going slow. Here is how to price on value instead — and how to explain it to a client.

Studio

11 min

What a Technical Audit Actually Looks Like

business

We walk through a real audit engagement from first call to final report — what we look at, how we prioritise findings, and what a client actually gets at the end.

Mc Samuel Shoko

9 min

The Auth Mistakes Junior Developers Make and How to Avoid Them

security

Authentication errors are not always obvious until something goes wrong. These are the most common ones we see in code audits and how to fix them before they become incidents.

Studio

6 min

Environment Variables: You Are Probably Doing It Wrong

security

Hardcoded secrets, committed .env files, and missing validation on startup. These are more common than they should be. Here is the right way to handle environment configuration.

Studio

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