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11 articles tagged #Backend.
P.01In March 2024, Redis Ltd. relicensed Redis under a source-available license. Within weeks, the Linux Foundation forked it as Valkey. Two years on, here's how the split played out and what it means for teams choosing an in-memory data store today.
P.02LLM calls are slow and expensive. Caching them is the obvious move. But caching the wrong responses breaks the user experience in ways that are subtle and hard to debug. Here's a practical guide to doing it right.
P.03Getting a language model to return valid, schema-conforming JSON is harder than it looks. Here's what works in production, from native structured output APIs to library-level validation.
P.04ALTER TABLE locks your database. Your migration takes longer than expected. Users get errors. Here's how to handle schema changes that don't interrupt production traffic.
P.05Async Django is production-ready in 2026, but landmines still exist. Four real projects, benchmarks, and a framework for deciding when async actually helps.
P.06EditorPickThe network latency between your Django app and your FastAPI ML service is probably longer than inference itself. Here is how to serve models from Django directly.
P.07EditorPickWe migrated three production projects from Celery to Django's new Tasks framework. Two went smoothly. One was a disaster. Here is everything we learned.
P.08EditorPickWe rebuilt a React SPA as a Django + HTMX app. 847KB of JavaScript became 48KB. Here is every pattern, rough edge, and performance win from the migration.
P.09EditorPickMost DRF vs FastAPI comparisons are written by people who only use one. We ship both in production. Here is what actually matters and when to choose each.
P.10The API landscape has matured beyond the GraphQL vs REST debate. Here's how to choose between REST, GraphQL, tRPC, and gRPC based on your actual requirements.
P.11WebAssembly is no longer just a browser technology. Server-side WASM, the component model, and WASI are reshaping how we build and deploy software across cloud, edge, and embedded systems.