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Alex Aslam

Jun 13

Event Sourcing in Rails: Rebuilding Reality From a Stream of Truth

#webdev #programming #beginners #rails

3 min read

Alex Aslam

Jun 12

Mastering the Node.js Event Loop: How We Scaled to Higher RPS

#webdev #programming #javascript #beginners

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2 min read

Alex Aslam

Jun 12

When to Split a Monolith: The Art of Surgical Extraction

#webdev #programming #rails #beginners

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3 min read

Alex Aslam

Jun 12

Hexagonal Rails: Escape the Framework Trap

#webdev #programming #rails #beginners

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2 min read

Alex Aslam

Jun 11

The Node.js Performance Trap: How To Fixed The API from Crashing Under Load

#webdev #programming #javascript #beginners

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3 min read

Alex Aslam

Jun 11

Event-Driven Architecture with Rails: Breaking Free from the Request-Response Trap

#webdev #programming #rails #beginners

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3 min read

Alex Aslam

Jun 11

The Phantom Deadlock: When Rails, Sidekiq, and PostgreSQL Collide

#webdev #programming #beginners #rails

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2 min read

Alex Aslam

Jun 10

Modular Monoliths in Rails: Taming Complexity Without Microservices Madness

#webdev #programming #rails #beginners

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2 min read

Alex Aslam

Jun 10

Scaling RAG Without Losing Your Mind (or Your Data)

#webdev #programming #ai #beginners

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2 min read

Alex Aslam

Jun 9

Taming the Chaos: How Output Parsers Save Your LLM From Formatting Disaster

#webdev #programming #ai #beginners

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2 min read

Alex Aslam

Jun 9

Debug Heroku Deployment Errors: Slay Asset Compilation & Env Vars Dragons 🐉

#webdev #programming #javascript #beginners

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2 min read

Alex Aslam

Jun 9

JavaScript Setup: Import Maps vs. esbuild/Shakapacker – Cut the Build Tool Chaos

#webdev #programming #javascript #beginners

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2 min read

Alex Aslam

Jun 8

Convention Over Configuration: How Rails’ "Magic" Saves You From Boilerplate Hell

#webdev #programming #rails #beginners

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2 min read

Alex Aslam

Jun 8

MVC in 10 Minutes: How Models, Views & Controllers Actually Work (With Visual Diagrams)

#webdev #programming #javascript #beginners

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2 min read

Alex Aslam

Jun 8

Taming the Noise: How to Fix Garbage-in/Garbage-out AI Retrieval

#webdev #programming #ai #machinelearning

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2 min read

Alex Aslam

Jun 7

"I Don’t Know" is a Superpower: How Smart Prompt Engineering Fixes Missing Content in AI

#webdev #programming #promptengineering #ai

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1 min read

Alex Aslam

Jun 6

Heroku: The Laziest Way to Deploy Apps (Git + Add-Ons = Magic) ✨

#webdev #programming #javascript #automation

1

2 min read

Alex Aslam

Jun 6

Building Your First RAG Pipeline: A Step-by-Step Guide for Developers

2 min read

Alex Aslam

Jun 6

Vercel + Next.js: Deploy at Warp Speed with Edge Functions 🚀

#webdev #programming #javascript #automation

2 min read

Alex Aslam

Jun 5

Blazing-Fast Static Sites on AWS: S3 + CloudFront in 5 Minutes 🚀

#webdev #programming #javascript #automation

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2 min read

Alex Aslam

Jun 5

RAG: Why Your LLM Needs a Reality Check (and How to Fix It)

#webdev #programming #rag #ai

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2 min read

Alex Aslam

Jun 5

Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG): Why Engineers Are Replacing Raw LLMs (and You Should Too)

#webdev #programming #javascript #ai

2 min read

Alex Aslam

Jun 4

AWS Deployment Showdown: EC2 vs. Elastic Beanstalk for Node.js Apps 🚀

#webdev #programming #javascript #devops

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2 min read

Alex Aslam

Jun 3

Monitoring for Mortals: New Relic, Datadog & Grafana—Without Losing Your Mind 📊👨💻

#webdev #programming #javascript #monitoring

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2 min read

Alex Aslam

Jun 3

Stop API Abuse Dead in Its Tracks: Rate Limiting with `express-rate-limit` 🚦🔒

#webdev #programming #javascript #automation

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2 min read

Alex Aslam

Jun 2

Caching Secrets: Turbocharge Your App with Redis & CDNs (Without the Headaches) ⚡🔥

#webdev #programming #javascript #automation

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2 min read

Alex Aslam

Jun 2

SSL/TLS Certificates for Devs: Get HTTPS for Free in 5 Minutes with Let’s Encrypt 🔒🚀

#webdev #programming #javascript #automation

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2 min read

Alex Aslam

Jun 1

Monoliths vs. Microservices: The Brutally Honest Guide to Splitting Your App (Without Regrets) ⚖️💥

#webdev #programming #javascript #automation

3 min read

Alex Aslam

May 31

Firebase Functions: Real-Time Apps That Scale Like Magic (Without the Server Headaches) ✨🚀

#webdev #programming #javascript #automation

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3 min read

Alex Aslam

May 31

Serverless REST APIs: Code Like a Rebel, Deploy Like a Boss with AWS Lambda + API Gateway 🚀🔥

#webdev #programming #javascript #automation

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3 min read

Alex Aslam

May 30

Escape the Container Chaos: Deploy Dockerize Apps to ECS, Cloud Run & Swarm Without Losing Your Mind 🐳🚀

#webdev #programming #javascript #automation

3 min read

Alex Aslam

May 30

Dockerize Node.js + React in 5 Minutes: End "Works on My Machine" Forever 🐳🚀

#webdev #programming #javascript #automation

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Alex Aslam

May 29

Dockerized Databases on Your Terms: Self-Host PostgreSQL/MySQL Like a Pro (Without the 3 AM Panic) 🐳💡

#webdev #programming #javascript #automation

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3 min read

Alex Aslam

May 29

Managed DB Smackdown: MongoDB Atlas vs. AWS RDS vs. PlanetScale (No More 3 AM Alerts!) 🥊🚨

#webdev #programming #javascript #automation

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3 min read

Alex Aslam

May 29

Mastering Reverse Proxies: Supercharge Your Node.js App with Nginx or Apache

#webdev #programming #javascript #automation

3 min read

Alex Aslam

May 28

Taming the Server Beast: AWS EC2 vs. DigitalOcean vs. Linode for Node.js (No Ops Nightmares) 🐉⚡

#webdev #programming #javascript #automation

3 min read

Alex Aslam

May 28

Deploy Node.js Apps Like a Boss: Railway vs. Render vs. Heroku (Zero-Server Stress) 🚀🤖

#webdev #programming #javascript #automation

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3 min read

Alex Aslam

May 28

SSR Deployment Decoded: Ship Blazing-Fast Next.js/Nuxt.js Apps on Vercel or Node.js 🚀⚡

#webdev #programming #javascript #automation

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2 min read

Alex Aslam

May 27

SPA Routing 404s: Taming the “Page Not Found” Monster with `_redirects` & Server Magic 🧙♂️🚫

#webdev #programming #javascript #automation

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2 min read

Alex Aslam

May 26

Static Sites on Steroids: Deploy React/Vue/Angular in Seconds & Supercharge Them with CDNs 🚀

#webdev #programming #javascript #automation

3 min read

Alex Aslam

May 26

SAST vs. DAST vs. SCA: How to Pick Your Security Sidekicks (and When to Team Them Up) 🦸♂️🔒

#webdev #programming #javascript #automation

3 min read

Alex Aslam

May 26

Shift Left vs. Shield Right: The DevOps Security Battle You Can’t Afford to Lose ⚔️🔒

#webdev #programming #javascript #automation

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2 min read

Alex Aslam

May 25

Why Your CI/CD Pipeline Needs SAST, DAST, & SCA (Or Risk Becoming a Hacker’s Playground) 🔒💥

#webdev #programming #javascript #automation

2 min read

Alex Aslam

May 24

SAST, DAST, & SCA: The Cybersecurity Avengers Your Code Needs 🛡️💻

#webdev #programming #javascript #automation

2 min read

Alex Aslam

May 23

CI/CD for Mobile vs. Web: Why Mobile Feels Like Herding Cats (and Web is Walk in the Park) 🐱🌐

#webdev #programming #javascript #automation

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3 min read

Alex Aslam

May 22

Why Mobile Apps Need CI/CD: Escape the "Works on My Machine" Twilight Zone 🚨📱

#webdev #programming #javascript #automation

3 min read

Alex Aslam

May 22

CI/CD for Mobile Apps: Your Secret Weapon Against App Store Nightmares 🚀📱

#webdev #programming #javascript #automation

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3 min read

Alex Aslam

May 21

Turbocharge Your Monorepo: Battle-Tested Tips for Nx, Turborepo, and Bazel Pros 🚀

#webdev #programming #javascript #automation

3 min read

Alex Aslam

May 21

Build Your Own npm Empire: Internal Registries for Monorepos (Verdaccio, Artifactory, and More) 👑

#webdev #programming #javascript #automation

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3 min read

Alex Aslam

May 20

Renovate vs. Dependabot: Which Bot Will Rule Your Monorepo? 🥊

#webdev #programming #javascript #automation

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Alex Aslam

May 20

Monorepo Lockfiles: The Secret Weapon to Crush Dependency Drift Forever 🔒

#webdev #programming #javascript #automation

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3 min read

Alex Aslam

May 19

Monorepo Dependency Chaos: Proven Hacks to Keep Your Codebase Sane (and Your Team Happy) 💥

#webdev #programming #javascript #automation

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3 min read

Alex Aslam

May 19

Slay the Flaky Test Dragon: How to Quarantine Monorepo Chaos Without Losing Your Mind

#webdev #programming #javascript #automation

3 min read

Alex Aslam

May 18

CI/CD for Monorepos: Taming the Beast with Smart Strategies 🚀

#webdev #programming #javascript #automation

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Alex Aslam

May 17

Blue-Green Deployments: Ship Code Fearlessly with Zero Downtime 🚀

#webdev #programming #javascript #automation

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3 min read

Alex Aslam

May 16

Testing Strategies for CI/CD: Balancing Speed, Depth, and Sanity 🧪

#webdev #programming #javascript #automation

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3 min read

Alex Aslam

May 16

Optimizing CI/CD Pipelines: Slash Build Times with Smarter Dependency Caching ⚡

#webdev #programming #javascript #automaton

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Alex Aslam

May 15

Designing a CI/CD Pipeline: Stages, Jobs, and Parallel Execution Made Simple

#webdev #programming #javascript #automation

3 min read

Alex Aslam

May 14

GitHub Actions vs. GitLab CI vs. Jenkins: Which CI/CD Tool Fits Your Stack? 🛠️

#webdev #programming #javascript #automation

3 min read

Alex Aslam

May 14

Security Showdown: GitHub Actions vs. GitLab CI vs. Jenkins – Who Keeps Your Secrets Safe?

#webdev #programming #automation #security

3 min read

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