Backend
Upload Files to AWS S3 with Pre-Signed URLs in Node.js
Routing file uploads through your API server is the default that nobody questions, and it is usually the wrong one. The bytes travel to your compute, sit in memory or a temp file, then travel again to
Python Dataclass Patterns: Slots, Frozen Instances, and Field Validation
Quick Tip Reach for @dataclass(slots=True, frozen=True) with a post_init check and you get a small, immutable, validated value object in about five lines. The Problem The problem
Node.js Environment Variable Validation with Zod at Startup
- Nodejs
- Typescript
- 27 May 2026
- 07 Mins read
Most Node.js apps treat process.env like a trusted friend. You reach into it whenever you need a value, assume the key is there, assume it's spelled right, and assume the string is actually the type
Redis Caching Patterns: Cache-Aside, Write-Through & Cache Invalidation
- Backend
- Performance
- 07 Apr 2026
- 05 Mins read
Need to scale your backend without throwing money at servers? Start with Redis caching patterns. Most databases can handle hundreds of queries per second, but thousands? Your app slows to a crawl