Backend Engineering Fundamentals
Database performance, caching, scaling, and observability — the foundation of any high-traffic web application.
- Parts
- 10
- Estimated time
- ~5 hours
- Curated by
- Bekzod Erkinov
Goal: Build backend systems that handle real production load
Database Optimization Techniques for High-Traffic Websites
Learn how to optimize your database for high-traffic websites with techniques such as indexing, caching, and query optimization. Improve performance and scalability with these expert tips and best pra...
Mastering Multi-Tenant SaaS Architecture Patterns for Enterprise Applications
Mastering multi-tenant SaaS architecture patterns for enterprise applications requires careful planning and consideration. In this article, we'll explore the benefits and challenges of multi-tenant ar...
10 Essential Tools for Modern Frontend Development
Discover the top 10 essential tools for modern frontend development, including code editors, version control systems, package managers, and more.
Complete Stripe Integration Template for Subscription-Based Services
Integrate Stripe into your subscription-based service with our step-by-step guide. Learn how to set up a Stripe account, install the Stripe library, create a customer, create a payment method, create...
Scaling to 100M Requests/Day with Laravel and Redis: A Deep Dive
Learn how to scale your Laravel application to 100M requests per day using Redis as a caching layer. Discover the problems we faced, the solutions we tried, and the lessons we learned.
Deep-Dive: Understanding and Implementing Microservices Architecture
Learn how we scaled from monolith to microservices at 50M requests/day. Real production patterns, actual failures, and hard-won lessons from building distributed systems.
React Server Components: When to Use vs Client Components
After migrating three production apps to RSC, I learned the hard way when server components shine and when they become a liability. Here's what the docs won't tell you about choosing between server an...
Laravel Octane: How We Scaled to 50M Daily Requests Without Changing Infrastructure
Real production experience scaling a Laravel app from 2M to 50M daily requests using Octane. Includes benchmarks, gotchas, and the hard lessons we learned.
Complete Solution: Building a Secure E-commerce Website with Stripe and Laravel
Learn how we built a production-ready e-commerce platform handling $2M+ in monthly transactions. Real implementation details, security patterns, and performance optimizations from our payment processi...
Automation Scripts for Deploying a Full-Stack Application: What We Learned Scaling to Production
Learn how we automated deployment for a full-stack app handling 2M+ requests/day. Real scripts, actual failures, and the gotchas that cost us 3 days of debugging.