Young Gao

Backend engineer building production systems in Go, Rust, and TypeScript. Writing about practical patterns for real-world software.

Joined on Mar 20, 2026 https://younggao.hashnode.dev

Young Gao

Mar 21

Building a High-Performance Cache Layer in Go

#go #cache #redis #performance

7 min read

Young Gao

Mar 21

Designing Idempotent APIs: Why Your POST Endpoint Needs to Handle Duplicates

#webdev #api #architecture #backend

3 min read

Young Gao

Mar 21

PostgreSQL Performance: 10 Queries You Are Writing Wrong

#postgres #sql #database #performance

4 min read

Young Gao

Mar 21

Building a CLI Tool in Rust: From Zero to Published on crates.io

#rust #cli #tutorial #beginners

4 min read

Young Gao

Mar 21

Zero-Downtime Deployments on Kubernetes: Rolling Updates, Blue-Green, and Canary

#kubernetes #devops #docker #tutorial

5 min read

Young Gao

Mar 21

Building a Production Rate Limiter from Scratch in Go

#go #backend #tutorial #architecture

6 min read

Young Gao

Mar 21

Server-Sent Events: The Underrated Alternative to WebSockets for Real-Time Notifications

#typescript #webdev #node #tutorial

7 min read

Young Gao

Mar 21

Pragmatic Error Handling in Go

#go #programming #backend

1 min read

Young Gao

Mar 21

Testing Strategies for TypeScript APIs That Actually Catch Bugs

#typescript #testing #node #tutorial

7 min read

Young Gao

Mar 21

Docker Multi-Stage Builds for Go: From 1GB to 12MB Production Images

#go #docker #devops #tutorial

5 min read

Young Gao

Mar 21

Building a Type-Safe REST API with Zod, Express, and TypeScript: From Validation to OpenAPI Docs

#typescript #node #webdev #tutorial

7 min read

Young Gao

Mar 21

Building a Production API Gateway on Cloudflare Workers with Hono

#cloudflare #typescript #api #webdev

5 min read

Young Gao

Mar 21

Practical Guide to Building AI Agents with Tool Use: Patterns That Actually Work in Production

#ai #python #machinelearning #tutorial

11 min read

Young Gao

Mar 21

Building a Production-Ready CLI Tool with Go: From Zero to Distribution

#go #cli #tutorial #devops

11 min read

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Building a High-Performance Cache Layer in Go

Designing Idempotent APIs: Why Your POST Endpoint Needs to Handle Duplicates

PostgreSQL Performance: 10 Queries You Are Writing Wrong

Building a CLI Tool in Rust: From Zero to Published on crates.io

Zero-Downtime Deployments on Kubernetes: Rolling Updates, Blue-Green, and Canary

Building a Production Rate Limiter from Scratch in Go

Server-Sent Events: The Underrated Alternative to WebSockets for Real-Time Notifications

Pragmatic Error Handling in Go

Testing Strategies for TypeScript APIs That Actually Catch Bugs

Docker Multi-Stage Builds for Go: From 1GB to 12MB Production Images

Building a Type-Safe REST API with Zod, Express, and TypeScript: From Validation to OpenAPI Docs

Building a Production API Gateway on Cloudflare Workers with Hono

Practical Guide to Building AI Agents with Tool Use: Patterns That Actually Work in Production

Building a Production-Ready CLI Tool with Go: From Zero to Distribution