#backend-engineering

Articles tagged with #backend-engineering

Your Background Jobs Are Not Failing. They Are Lying.
You won’t see errors. You won’t get alerts. But your system is already losing data.
Apr 16, 20263 min read46
Scaling the Boring Stuff: Sending 10 Million Notifications with a Simple Node.js Job Worker
Queues, backpressure, idempotency, and rate limits explained the way production systems actually behave
Feb 4, 20265 min read62
Secrets Sprawl in Node.js Projects: Detection, Prevention & Secure Deployment (2025)
A practical guide to spotting credential exposure, stopping leaks before they happen, and locking down secrets across different environments.
Aug 5, 20256 min read16
Master Docker in Real Projects: Compose + CI/CD + Best Practices
Build, orchestrate, and ship multi-container apps like a pro
Jul 23, 20255 min read105
Memory Leaks and Garbage Collection in Node.js: What Developers Get Wrong (And How to Fix It)
Node.js doesn't leak memory by default—but that doesn’t mean your app is safe. Let's break down how memory is managed under the hood, what causes leak
May 21, 20256 min read55
Offset vs Cursor vs Keyset Pagination: Best Practices for Scalable APIs
How to paginate large datasets efficiently using Offset, Cursor, and Keyset strategies—complete with pros, cons, and real-world use cases
May 1, 20254 min read190