Rate‑Limiting Strategies: token‑bucket vs leaky‑bucket vs fixed‑window
Rate-Limiting Strategies: token-bucket vs leaky-bucket vs fixed-window. Introduction Rate limiting controls how many requests users can make within a specific...
API Gateway Patterns for SaaS Applications
Introduction In a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) environment, multiple services often power different parts of the platform—user accounts, billing, analytics, feature flags,...
Circuit Breakers & Resilience Patterns in Microservices
In a microservices architecture, services depend on each other through network calls. When one service fails or slows down, that...
Building Scalable Microservices with Spring Cloud vs Node.js vs Python
Introduction When building microservices, choosing the right stack shapes everything from development velocity to operational complexity. In 2025, three stacks...
Designing Event-Driven Microservices with Kafka
Introduction Modern applications demand scalability, resilience, and real-time responsiveness. Traditional synchronous architectures struggle under these requirements—when one service is slow...
REST vs GraphQL vs gRPC: selecting the right protocol
Introduction Choosing the right communication protocol is one of the most important architectural decisions in modern software development. REST has...
Implementing GraphQL APIs in 2025: benefits and pitfalls
Introduction Since its release by Facebook in 2015, GraphQL has grown into one of the most popular alternatives to REST...
Creating a Chatbot for Developer Documentation with Open‑Source LLMs
Introduction Developer documentation is critical, but searching through hundreds of pages of API references, tutorials, and wikis can be frustrating....
Ethical Considerations When Using AI Tools in Coding
AI tools are becoming integral to modern software development. From code generation to automated reviews, they save time and boost...