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Backend & Architecture
3 min read2026-04-20
Event-Driven Services with Node.js and Kafka: Ordering and Recovery
Design a Node.js event workflow with a transactional outbox, idempotent database effects and explicit Kafka offset handling.
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Frontend & WebGL
3 min read2026-04-26
Next.js and Three.js: Building a Crawlable, Measurable WebGL Experience
Keep meaningful content available while progressively loading WebGL, with correct Next.js client boundaries and honest lab-versus-field performance measurement.
Next.jsThree.jsPerformance+1
DevOps & Cloud
3 min read2026-04-28
Terraform, Kubernetes and GitOps: Designing Safer Rollouts
Define ownership, readiness, state locking and recovery across Terraform, Kubernetes and Argo CD without promising zero-downtime deployments.
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