TECHNICAL ARTICLES
Blog: Architecture, APIs & AI
Technical articles on architecture, APIs, AI, and software craftsmanship.
Domain-Driven Design: Modeling the Business, Not the Database
DDD is not about repositories and aggregates first,it is about talking to domain experts until the code speaks their language. Here is how strategic and tactical DDD fit together.
Microservices Architecture: The Principles That Actually Matter
Microservices are not "small services". They are an organizational and architectural bet with real trade-offs. Here are the principles that separate a healthy microservices architecture from a distributed monolith.
Modern RAG Architecture: Beyond the Basic Retrieve-and-Generate Loop
A naive RAG pipeline,embed, search, stuff into the prompt,gets you a demo. Production-grade RAG needs hybrid retrieval, re-ranking, and an evaluation loop. Here is the architecture that actually holds up.
Laravel 13: What Changed Compared to Laravel 12
Laravel 13 lands with a first-party AI SDK, native PHP attributes, and JSON:API support. Here is what actually matters if you are upgrading from Laravel 12.
React 19 in 2026: The Compiler and Server Components, for Real
React 19 has matured through 2026 with the Compiler eliminating manual memoization and Server Components finally becoming a default pattern. Here is what changed since React 18.
FastAPI in 2026: What Changed in Routing and Validation
FastAPI 0.139 refines how routers match requests and tightens JSON validation by default. Here is what matters if you maintain a FastAPI service.
PHP 8.5: The New Features That Actually Matter for Backend Work
PHP 8.5 brought the pipe operator, native URI parsing, and a clean with-er pattern for readonly classes. Here is what changes your day-to-day PHP.
Migrating a Laravel Monolith to Microservices
A step-by-step approach to breaking up a Laravel monolith,without bringing everything down. From strangler fig pattern to service boundaries.
Docker + Kubernetes: Orchestrating Your Services Without Getting Lost
Containers are great. But orchestrating dozens of them without Kubernetes knowledge quickly becomes a nightmare. Here is a practical primer.
Designing a Robust and Scalable REST API with Laravel
Resource controllers, API resources, authentication, versioning, rate limiting,the building blocks of a production-grade Laravel API.
FastAPI vs Laravel: Which One for Your API?
Both are excellent. The choice depends on your team, your constraints, and what you are building. Here is an honest comparison.
Building a RAG System with LangChain and FastAPI
Retrieval-Augmented Generation lets you ground an LLM in your own data. Here is how to build a production-ready RAG pipeline with LangChain and FastAPI.
