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I built a VS Code Extension that mocks your OpenAPI spec locally — no Postman, no Docker, no Context switching
Dev.to · Alex 🔧 Backend Engineering ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
I built a VS Code Extension that mocks your OpenAPI spec locally — no Postman, no Docker, no Context switching
Every time I had to test an API endpoint while writing an OpenAPI spec, I had to leave VS Code, open...
From Python/Pandas to Rust/C++: taking our tick simulation from 140ms to microseconds per window
Dev.to · Alex 🔧 Backend Engineering 2mo ago
From Python/Pandas to Rust/C++: taking our tick simulation from 140ms to microseconds per window
TL;DR We're a small ML lab building alpha models for a handful of partners. Our market...
I built a free JSON to Java class generator (Lombok + Records + nested classes)
Dev.to · Alex 🔧 Backend Engineering ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
I built a free JSON to Java class generator (Lombok + Records + nested classes)
As a Java developer, I kept wasting time manually writing POJOs from JSON API responses. So I spent a...
I Found a Tool That Shrinks Electron Apps to a Few MB
Dev.to · Alex 🔧 Backend Engineering ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
I Found a Tool That Shrinks Electron Apps to a Few MB
I stumbled on Pake today. It’s sitting at 2,400 stars on GitHub. That kind of jump in one day made me...
Como reduzimos o backup PostgreSQL de 25 horas para menos de 3 horas (sem trocar hardware)
Dev.to · Alex 🔧 Backend Engineering ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
Como reduzimos o backup PostgreSQL de 25 horas para menos de 3 horas (sem trocar hardware)
Você já acompanhou um backup de banco de dados rodar por mais de um dia inteiro? Foi o cenário que...
The Real Sovereign OS - OnemanBSD updated!
Dev.to · Alex 🔧 Backend Engineering ⚡ AI Lesson 3mo ago
The Real Sovereign OS - OnemanBSD updated!
I lost more than 60 days but I made a huge update All OnemanBSD OS is now 64 bits. I also removed...
Stop Pasting API Docs Into Your AI Agent: Generate Reusable Skills Instead
Dev.to · Alex 🔧 Backend Engineering 3mo ago
Stop Pasting API Docs Into Your AI Agent: Generate Reusable Skills Instead
AI coding agents are powerful, but they still waste a lot of context on the same setup...
How do you verify GitHub contributions without trusting self-reported skills?
Dev.to · Alex 🔧 Backend Engineering ⚡ AI Lesson 3mo ago
How do you verify GitHub contributions without trusting self-reported skills?
I've been thinking about a problem that doesn't get talked about enough in hiring: the gap between...
From Spawn to FuturesUnordered: How Community Feedback Reshaped Our Async Design
Dev.to · Alex 🔧 Backend Engineering ⚡ AI Lesson 4mo ago
From Spawn to FuturesUnordered: How Community Feedback Reshaped Our Async Design
The Setup A few weeks ago, I published a proof-of-concept on Reddit: "Abstraction as...
I spent 2 years building the async Python task queue I wished existed
Dev.to · Alex 🔧 Backend Engineering ⚡ AI Lesson 4mo ago
I spent 2 years building the async Python task queue I wished existed
The Python web ecosystem is, genuinely, a great place to be. You want to build an API? You have...
The Shop App: Room for Improvement
Dev.to · Alex 🔧 Backend Engineering ⚡ AI Lesson 5mo ago
The Shop App: Room for Improvement
I have been in the Shopify ecosystem for over 5 years as a merchant, designer, and app owner. This...
I built a Football Player Data API with Node.js (rate limiting, caching, filtering) — here’s what I learned
Dev.to · Alex 🔧 Backend Engineering ⚡ AI Lesson 5mo ago
I built a Football Player Data API with Node.js (rate limiting, caching, filtering) — here’s what I learned
Over the past few months, I kept running into the same problem while building side projects. I like...
Build a Dead-Simple File Cache in Python (Under 50 Lines)
Dev.to · Alex 🔧 Backend Engineering ⚡ AI Lesson 6mo ago
Build a Dead-Simple File Cache in Python (Under 50 Lines)
Build a Dead-Simple File Cache in Python (Under 50 Lines) API rate limits killing your...
.NET Learning Notes: Custom In-Memory Provider(3) - Storage Write Model and Key-Based Retrieval
Dev.to · Alex 🔧 Backend Engineering ⚡ AI Lesson 6mo ago
.NET Learning Notes: Custom In-Memory Provider(3) - Storage Write Model and Key-Based Retrieval
Write Model var e = new TestEntity { Name = "SmokeTest User" }; ...
.NET Learning Notes: Custom In-Memory Provider(2) - In-Memory Database Runtime
Dev.to · Alex 🔧 Backend Engineering ⚡ AI Lesson 6mo ago
.NET Learning Notes: Custom In-Memory Provider(2) - In-Memory Database Runtime
CustomMemoryEFProvider Database Runtime GitHub This section describes the runtime architecture of...
.NET Learning Notes: YARP
Dev.to · Alex 🔧 Backend Engineering ⚡ AI Lesson 10mo ago
.NET Learning Notes: YARP
A reverse proxy is a server that sits in fronts of one or more backend servers and handles requests...
Surprising benefit of GraphQL for long-term maintainability
Dev.to · Alex 🔧 Backend Engineering ⚡ AI Lesson 1y ago
Surprising benefit of GraphQL for long-term maintainability
When it comes to Frontend-Backend communication, there are few options: REST OpenAPI GraphQL. At...
Why we ditched GraphQL for tRPC
Dev.to · Alex 🔧 Backend Engineering ⚡ AI Lesson 3y ago
Why we ditched GraphQL for tRPC
While we normally use GraphQL to get data from the server to the client, tRPC provides a simpler, more streamlined experience for our developers, helping us mak