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Articles tagged with Backend. Practical engineering insights for production systems.

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2026-04-15 2 min read

Fractional CTO for Software Architecture Review: Deliverables That Reduce Risk

Fractional CTO for software architecture review: deliverables you should expect—bottleneck map, decision rationale, rollout plan, and measurable validation.

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2026-04-15 2 min read

Fractional CTO (Remote): How to Hire, Scope, and Get Outcomes

Fractional CTO remote hiring guide: scope, deliverables, architecture review expectations, and how to ensure production outcomes—not just meetings.

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2026-04-15 2 min read

Fractional CTO in India: How to Evaluate Architecture Review Quality Remotely

Fractional CTO in India guide: evaluate architecture review deliverables remotely, define scope, and ensure production outcomes with measurable validation.

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2026-04-12 3 min read

Postgres as a Search Engine: Why You Probably Don't Need Elasticsearch

For most startups, adding Elasticsearch is premature optimization. Learn how to leverage Postgres GIN indexes and full-text search for high-performance retrieval.

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2026-04-10 3 min read

Concurrency in Distributed Systems: Lessons from Handling Financial Transactions

Handling money requires more than just database transactions. Learn how to manage idempotency, race conditions, and consistency in production systems.

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2026-04-08 4 min read

Fractional CTO / Tech Partner Playbook: Own Architecture and Scale Faster

How a Fractional CTO / Tech Partner engagement works in practice: ownership, decision frameworks, roadmap execution, and production-ready scaling guardrails.

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2026-03-20 4 min read

Scaling to 1 Million Users: A Practical Roadmap for Backend Engineers

There is no silver bullet for scaling. Learn the predictable progression of bottlenecks and how to solve them at each stage of growth.

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2024-04-16 3 min read

Scaling Beyond the Monolith: When (and How) to Introduce Microservices Safely

Is a monolith slowing you down? Learn the strategic roadmap for moving to microservices without crashing your production system, focusing on data consistency and observability.

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2024-04-16 3 min read

API Versioning is Hard: How to Evolve Production Systems Without Breaking Clients

Learn how to manage API evolution in high-growth environments. We explore URI versioning, Header versioning, and how to use the Strangler pattern for safe deprecation.

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