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DevOps10 min read

CI/CD Pipelines for AI Model Deployment: A Complete Guide

Learn how to build robust CI/CD pipelines for AI model deployment using GitHub Actions, Docker, and Kubernetes. Covers testing, versioning, and rollback strategies.

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November 1, 2025Read
AI & LLM11 min read

Building Multi-Agent AI Systems with LangGraph

A practical guide to building multi-agent AI systems with LangGraph. Covers agent design patterns, state management, tool use, and debugging complex agent workflows.

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October 20, 2025Read
Cloud10 min read

Kubernetes for LLM Inference: Scaling AI Workloads

How to run LLM inference at scale on Kubernetes. Covers GPU node pools, auto-scaling, vLLM deployment, resource requests, and cost-efficient spot instance strategies.

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October 5, 2025Read
Automation9 min read

n8n + AI: Automating Business Workflows Without Code

How to use n8n with AI to automate business workflows. Learn to build AI pipelines that connect your CRM, email, Slack, and databases with zero custom code.

n8nAutomationAI
September 20, 2025Read
Web Development9 min read

Integrating Claude API into Your Next.js Application

Step-by-step guide to integrating the Anthropic Claude API into a Next.js 15 app. Covers streaming, tool use, error handling, and rate limit management in production.

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September 5, 2025Read
DevOps11 min read

DevOps Best Practices for AI-Powered Applications in 2025

The DevOps practices that matter most for AI applications in 2025: model versioning, prompt management, LLM observability, cost controls, and incident response.

DevOpsMLOpsAI
August 20, 2025Read
Cloud12 min read

AWS Infrastructure for AI Workloads: The Complete Setup

How to architect AWS infrastructure for AI workloads: EC2 GPU instances, SageMaker endpoints, Bedrock integration, S3 for model storage, and cost optimization patterns.

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August 5, 2025Read
AI & LLM10 min read

Vector Databases Compared: Pinecone vs Weaviate vs Chroma vs pgvector

An honest comparison of Pinecone, Weaviate, Chroma, and pgvector for production RAG systems. Covers performance, pricing, scaling limits, and when to use each.

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July 20, 2025Read
DevOps11 min read

From Prototype to Production: Deploying Your AI SaaS

A practical roadmap for taking an AI SaaS from prototype to production. Covers infrastructure decisions, auth, billing, observability, and the common failure modes teams hit.

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July 5, 2025Read
Mobile9 min read

React Native + AI: Building Intelligent Mobile Applications

How to integrate AI capabilities into React Native apps. Covers on-device inference with ONNX, cloud API integration, streaming chat UI, and offline-first AI patterns.

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June 20, 2025Read
DevOps9 min read

Docker Best Practices for Machine Learning Workloads

Docker best practices for ML workloads: multi-stage builds for lean images, GPU access with nvidia-container-runtime, model caching strategies, and build optimization.

DockerMachine LearningMLOps
June 5, 2025Read
Web Development13 min read

NestJS Backend Architecture: Building APIs That Scale to Millions

A deep-dive into NestJS architecture patterns for production APIs — modules, guards, interceptors, caching, queue-based workers, and horizontal scaling strategies.

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May 20, 2025Read
Web Development12 min read

PostgreSQL Performance Tuning for Production: The Complete Guide

How to diagnose and fix slow PostgreSQL queries in production. Covers EXPLAIN ANALYZE, index strategies, connection pooling, vacuuming, and query optimisation patterns.

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May 5, 2025Read
DevOps11 min read

Terraform on AWS: Infrastructure as Code From Zero to Production

A practical guide to managing AWS infrastructure with Terraform. Covers state management, modules, workspaces, secrets, and CI/CD integration for safe infrastructure changes.

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April 20, 2025Read
Web Development10 min read

Building Real-Time Features with WebSockets and Node.js

How to build production-grade real-time features using WebSockets in Node.js. Covers Socket.IO, connection management, Redis pub/sub for multi-server scaling, and reconnection logic.

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April 5, 2025Read
AI & LLM11 min read

Prompt Engineering for Production LLM Applications

Advanced prompt engineering techniques for production systems: few-shot prompting, chain-of-thought, structured output, prompt versioning, and evaluation-driven iteration.

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March 20, 2025Read
Mobile10 min read

Deploying React Native Apps to App Store and Play Store with Expo

The complete guide to deploying React Native apps using Expo EAS Build and Submit. Covers signing certificates, OTA updates, environment configs, and CI/CD automation.

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March 5, 2025Read
DevOps12 min read

Building a Full Observability Stack with Prometheus and Grafana

How to set up a production observability stack using Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, and Alertmanager. Covers metric collection, log aggregation, dashboards, and on-call alerting.

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February 20, 2025Read
Web Development10 min read

Building a Full-Stack App with Supabase and Next.js 15

How to build a production-ready full-stack application using Supabase for auth, database, storage, and realtime — with Next.js 15 App Router and server actions.

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February 5, 2025Read
AI & LLM11 min read

Fine-Tuning LLMs with LoRA: Building Custom Models on a Budget

A practical guide to fine-tuning large language models using LoRA and QLoRA. Covers dataset preparation, training with Unsloth, evaluation, and serving your custom model in production.

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January 10, 2025Read
DevOps10 min read

GitHub Actions: Advanced Patterns for Production CI/CD

Advanced GitHub Actions patterns for production pipelines: matrix builds, reusable workflows, caching strategies, OIDC for cloud auth, and optimising for speed and cost.

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December 20, 2024Read
Web Development11 min read

Next.js Performance Optimization: Achieving Perfect Core Web Vitals

How to optimise a Next.js application for Core Web Vitals: LCP, INP, and CLS. Covers image optimisation, font loading, bundle splitting, caching headers, and ISR strategies.

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December 5, 2024Read
Web Development10 min read

Redis Caching Patterns for Production Applications

Production Redis caching patterns: cache-aside, write-through, TTL strategies, cache invalidation, distributed locks, and avoiding common pitfalls like thundering herds and stale data.

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November 20, 2024Read
Web Development11 min read

GraphQL API Design for Production: Patterns That Scale

How to design and deploy a production GraphQL API with Next.js and Apollo Server. Covers schema design, N+1 problem, DataLoader, persisted queries, and security hardening.

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November 5, 2024Read
AI & LLM9 min read

LLM Observability in Production with Langfuse

How to implement full LLM observability using Langfuse. Covers tracing multi-step chains, tracking token costs, evaluating output quality, and debugging agent failures in production.

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October 20, 2024Read
Cloud10 min read

Helm Charts: Packaging and Deploying Kubernetes Applications

A practical guide to writing Helm charts for production Kubernetes deployments. Covers chart structure, templating, values files, hooks, chart testing, and publishing to OCI registries.

HelmKubernetesDevOps
October 5, 2024Read
Web Development10 min read

TypeScript Advanced Patterns for Production Codebases

Advanced TypeScript patterns that improve correctness and maintainability in large codebases: branded types, discriminated unions, type guards, conditional types, and satisfies.

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September 20, 2024Read
Cloud10 min read

AWS Lambda in Production: Patterns for Serverless APIs

Production patterns for AWS Lambda: cold start optimisation, provisioned concurrency, Lambda Layers, function composition, error handling, and cost control for serverless APIs.

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September 5, 2024Read
AI & LLM9 min read

OpenAI Function Calling: Building Structured AI Workflows

A deep dive into OpenAI function calling and structured outputs. Covers tool definition, parallel tool calls, multi-turn tool use, error handling, and building reliable AI agents.

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August 20, 2024Read
Automation8 min read

Zapier vs Make: Choosing the Right Automation Platform for AI Workflows

A practical comparison of Zapier and Make (Integromat) for AI automation workflows. Covers pricing, capability differences, when to use each, and building hybrid human-in-the-loop pipelines.

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August 5, 2024Read
Mobile10 min read

Flutter in Production: Building Cross-Platform Apps That Feel Native

A practical guide to Flutter for production mobile apps. Covers state management with Riverpod, platform channels for native features, performance profiling, and CI/CD with Fastlane.

FlutterDartMobile
July 20, 2024Read
DevOps9 min read

Monitoring and Alerting for AI Applications with Datadog

How to set up comprehensive monitoring for AI-powered applications using Datadog. Covers custom LLM metrics, distributed tracing, cost dashboards, anomaly detection, and on-call workflows.

DatadogMonitoringAI
July 5, 2024Read
Cloud11 min read

Zero-Downtime Deployments in Kubernetes: A Practical Guide

How to achieve true zero-downtime deployments in Kubernetes. Covers rolling updates, readiness probes, PodDisruptionBudgets, graceful shutdown, and database migration strategies.

KubernetesDeploymentsDevOps
January 20, 2025Read

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