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Building AI-Native Backends: Architecture for Autonomous Agents in 2026
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Building AI-Native Backends: Architecture for Autonomous Agents in 2026

Complete guide to designing backend systems for AI agents - event-driven architectures, MCP protocol, vector databases, agent governance, and production patterns for 2026.

Dec 19, 202511 min read
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Database Connection Pooling: The Performance Fix That Saved Our Production
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Database Connection Pooling: The Performance Fix That Saved Our Production

How I learned about connection pooling after our PostgreSQL database crashed under load. Practical guide with real configurations from handling millions of healthcare queries.

Dec 19, 202510 min read
Database Sharding & Partitioning: Complete Advanced Guide for Scale
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Database Sharding & Partitioning: Complete Advanced Guide for Scale

Master horizontal scaling with database sharding and partitioning strategies. Learn consistent hashing, shard key selection, rebalancing, and PostgreSQL partitioning for billion-row tables.

Dec 19, 202511 min read
gRPC vs REST vs GraphQL: Performance Deep Dive with Benchmarks
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gRPC vs REST vs GraphQL: Performance Deep Dive with Benchmarks

Comprehensive performance comparison of gRPC, REST, and GraphQL. Real benchmarks, latency analysis, throughput testing, and when to use each protocol in production systems.

Dec 19, 20259 min read
Message Queues: RabbitMQ vs Redis Streams vs Kafka - Complete Comparison
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Message Queues: RabbitMQ vs Redis Streams vs Kafka - Complete Comparison

Deep comparison of RabbitMQ, Redis Streams, and Apache Kafka for message queuing. Performance benchmarks, use cases, and production patterns for choosing the right message broker.

Dec 19, 202511 min read
Microservices Security: Zero Trust Architecture Implementation Guide
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Microservices Security: Zero Trust Architecture Implementation Guide

Complete guide to implementing Zero Trust security in microservices. mTLS, service mesh security, API authentication, secrets management, and OWASP best practices for production systems.

Dec 19, 202511 min read
Observability Stack: Prometheus, Grafana & Jaeger Complete Guide
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Observability Stack: Prometheus, Grafana & Jaeger Complete Guide

Build production-grade observability with Prometheus metrics, Grafana dashboards, and Jaeger distributed tracing. Complete setup guide with alerting, custom metrics, and troubleshooting patterns.

Dec 19, 202510 min read
Rate Limiting & API Gateway Patterns: Production Implementation Guide
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Rate Limiting & API Gateway Patterns: Production Implementation Guide

Master API rate limiting with token bucket, sliding window, and distributed algorithms. Implement Kong, Nginx, and custom rate limiters with Redis for high-traffic production systems.

Dec 19, 202512 min read
Authentication & Authorization: Complete Guide to JWT, OAuth 2.0, and Security
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Authentication & Authorization: Complete Guide to JWT, OAuth 2.0, and Security

Master authentication and authorization in web applications. Learn JWT tokens, OAuth 2.0 flows, session management, RBAC, and security best practices with Python and Node.js implementations.

Dec 19, 20248 min read
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