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Database Backup Strategies for 2026: RPO, RTO, and Actually Testing Recovery

1d ago · 5 min read · Are Your Database Backups a Time Bomb? The Architect's Guide to 2026-Ready Resilience In 2026, with AI processing petabytes and financial transactions moving at millisecond speeds, a failed database recovery isn't just an inconvenience—it's a career-...

Why Your Dev Tool Stack Keeps Growing but Productivity Doesn't

Mar 26 · 11 min read · At some point in the last few years, most developers quietly crossed a threshold: they have more tools than they know what to do with. A new editor plugin gets installed because a colleague raved abou

Docker Compose for Production: Patterns That Actually Work

Mar 26 · 17 min read · The conventional wisdom says Docker Compose is for development and Kubernetes is for production. Like most conventional wisdom in infrastructure, this is partly true, partly cargo cult, and mostly an

PostgreSQL Performance Tuning for Small Teams: The 80/20 Guide

Mar 26 · 1 min read · Most PostgreSQL performance advice targets companies with dedicated DBAs. This guide covers the 20% of tuning that solves 80% of real-world problems for small teams. The Five Things That Actually Matt

Claude Code vs Cursor vs GitHub Copilot: Which One Actually Saves Time?

Mar 26 · 2 min read · I spent three weeks using Claude Code, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot on the same real-world tasks: refactoring a legacy Express.js API, debugging a tricky race condition, building a new feature from scra