System design, modern web development with Next.js, React, .NET, Azure, and practical coding guides.
8 articles
A practical comparison of session-based auth, JWT auth, and OAuth 2.0 / OIDC — how each works, when to use them, security pitfalls, and recommended patterns for SPAs, server apps, and mobile.
A detailed comparison of Azure Functions and Azure Container Apps — pricing, cold starts, scaling, runtime support, and a decision flowchart for picking the right one.
A clear-eyed look at Command Query Responsibility Segregation — what it actually is, how to implement it in .NET, when it pays off, and when it's unnecessary complexity.
A step-by-step guide to building a live-updating dashboard using Next.js API routes, Server-Sent Events, and Supabase Realtime — with reconnection handling and smooth UI transitions.
Why every public API needs rate limiting, the four main algorithms compared, implementation in Next.js with Redis, proper HTTP headers, and Azure API Management policies.
A practical guide to breaking apart a monolith into microservices — identifying boundaries, splitting the database, handling data consistency, and avoiding the traps that turn your migration into a distributed monolith.
A practical guide to the features that changed how we build React apps — Server Components, the new compiler, and the patterns that stuck.
A step-by-step guide to diagnosing and resolving NuGet package source errors in Visual Studio and dotnet CLI.