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Practical writing on backend, frontend, cloud, and the craft of building software.
Claude Fable 5 & Mythos 5 Suspended: US Export Controls Explained
On June 12, 2026 the US government ordered Anthropic to suspend Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all foreign nationals, citing national security. Here's exactly what happened, why, which Claude models still work, what it means for developers in India and worldwide, and how to keep building.
MCP Servers Explained: The Future of AI Tool Integration
What the Model Context Protocol (MCP) is, how MCP servers work, why it beats bespoke API glue, a hands-on server example, the growing ecosystem, security considerations, and where it's all heading.
Why AI Coding Agents Will Change Software Development in 2026
What AI coding agents are, how they differ from autocomplete assistants, the tools that matter in 2026, real use cases, the productivity math, security risks, and how to fold agents into your daily workflow without regrets.
Building a Full SaaS Application with NestJS, React, PostgreSQL and Docker
A step-by-step, production-grade guide: architecture, multi-tenant database design, JWT auth, NestJS APIs, a React frontend, Docker, CI/CD with GitHub Actions, scalability, and the best practices that hold up in production.
Designing Resilient APIs: Timeouts, Retries, and Backpressure
The three patterns that separate APIs that survive production from the ones that fall over at the first traffic spike — with concrete defaults you can ship today.
A Mental Model for React Rendering That Actually Sticks
Stop guessing why your component re-rendered. A clear, durable model of how React decides what to render and when — and what that means for performance.
Dockerizing a Java App the Right Way in 2026
Multi-stage builds, layered JARs, distroless images, and the JVM flags that make containers behave. A production Dockerfile you can actually copy.
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