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Notes from the backend.

Deep dives into backend engineering, distributed systems, post-quantum security, and the occasional production war story.

88 articles

Core Web Vitals for Backend Engineers: TTFB, Caching & Server-Side Wins (2026)

Most Core Web Vitals advice targets frontend developers, but LCP and INP problems usually start at the server. This guide covers the backend half: TTFB budgets, connection pooling, cache strategy, streaming SSR, CDN headers, and compression — with the production numbers behind each fix.

Jun 10, 20267 min read

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GoogleSEO

Google's June 2026 Search Shake-Up: AI Mode, Gen-AI Reports in Search Console & What Developers Must Do

In two weeks Google completed the May 2026 core update, made Gemini 3.5 Flash the default AI Mode model, launched AI agents in Search at I/O 2026, and shipped the first-ever Generative AI performance reports in Search Console. Here's what changed, what it means for your traffic, and the exact developer checklist to respond.

Jun 10, 20265 min read

GEOSEO

llms.txt, GEO and AI Search: How Developers Get Cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity & Google AI Mode (2026)

Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) is how your content gets cited inside ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Google AI Overviews. This developer-focused guide covers llms.txt and llms-full.txt, AI crawler policies, IndexNow, answer-first content structure, and the entity signals that drive AI citations in 2026 — with working code.

Jun 10, 20268 min read

SEONext.js

Technical SEO for Next.js Developers: The Complete 2026 Guide

Technical SEO in 2026 is a engineering problem: metadata APIs, JSON-LD entities, honest sitemaps, AI crawler policies, and Core Web Vitals. This guide shows the exact Next.js App Router implementation I run in production — the same setup that got a portfolio site indexed by Google, Bing, and AI search engines.

Jun 10, 20268 min read

Backend SkillsCloud Computing

Cloud + Microservices: The Backend Skills India Is Hiring For in 2026

Cloud, APIs, microservices, containers, and scalable systems are the backend skills India is hiring for in 2026 — pushing cloud-architecture roles into the ₹18–55 LPA range. A practical guide to what to learn, in what order, and how to prove it.

Jun 5, 20265 min read

Post-Quantum CryptographyCBOM

Cryptographic Bill of Materials (CBOM): Step 1 of PQC Migration

You can't migrate cryptography you can't see. A practical guide to building a Cryptographic Bill of Materials — what to inventory, how to find hidden crypto, how to score by data lifetime, and how the CBOM becomes your post-quantum migration plan.

Jun 4, 20265 min read

AI ML SkillsBackend Developer Salary

The AI/ML Skills That Add 25% to a Backend Salary in India (2026)

Backend developers who can ship production ML earn a 15–25% premium in India in 2026 — because the skill is scarce. The specific, learnable backend-adjacent ML skills that move your salary band, and how to build them without becoming a data scientist.

Jun 3, 20265 min read

FastAPIInterview Questions

FastAPI Interview Questions for Indian Backend Roles (2026)

The FastAPI questions that actually come up in Indian backend interviews in 2026 — async vs sync, dependency injection, Pydantic validation, background tasks, and the production-depth follow-ups that separate juniors from mid-level hires. With model answers.

Jun 2, 20266 min read

Post-Quantum CryptographyPQC Migration

Post-Quantum Cryptography Deadlines: What 2027, 2030 & 2035 Mean for Your Stack

NSA's CNSA 2.0 sets a 2027 acquisition deadline; NIST deprecates RSA-2048 and ECC P-256 by 2030 and disallows them by 2035. A plain-English guide to the PQC timeline and what each date actually requires you to do.

Jun 1, 20265 min read

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