Blog

Engineering notes

Long-form pieces on performance, API design, queues, AWS usage, and the boring parts that keep systems upright in production.

A Practical Laravel Query Performance Checklist

How I approach slow endpoints: measure first, then fix the right layer—indexes, N+1 calls, and transaction scope.

Stable contracts reduce client breakage. Here is how I version endpoints and keep errors actionable without leaking internals.

Service splits only earn their keep when they improve velocity or isolation. I use a simple decision frame before decomposing.

A pattern I use: durable queues for asynchronous work, object storage for payloads, and email as an edge channel.