The Difference Between Latency and Throughput
PerformanceBackendAPI
Bring up system performance and two words show up almost immediately: latency and throughput. Bo...
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Is RLS Being Abused?
DatabaseSecurityBackend
If you use Supabase, there is no getting around Row Level Security, or RLS. Create a table, try ...
Designing Pagination Queries
APIDatabaseBackend
Designing pagination is not a matter of deciding how many items to return at a time. At first, s...
Looking into the HTTP QUERY Method
WebAPIBackend
The other day I came across the news that QUERY had been added as an HTTP method. My first react...
Notes on 429 Too Many Requests and RateLimit Headers
APIWebBackend
I mostly build internal applications. I've rarely had occasion to design and implement a public ...
REST API Design: When to Use Resources vs. Query Parameters
APIArchitectureBackend
I came across this post on X (https://x.com/jahirsheikh8/status/2070849696730607695). Framed as ...
Constraints and Fit: What to Know Before Adopting Serverless
Personal researchArchitectureBackend
Serverless is an awfully attractive option. You're freed from infrastructure management, and you...