GCP Production Setup 2026: 8 Phases From Empty Project to Live SaaS
GCP production setup in 8 ordered phases: service accounts, Secret Manager, Cloud Run domains, the SSL...
Backend Infrastructure
API Rate Limiting in 2026: A Step-by-Step Redis and Lua Guide
API rate limiting step by step: atomic Redis Lua scripts, identity-based keys, and proper 429s. Bots...
GCP Secret Manager vs Cloud Run Env Vars: One Rule, Under $1 a Month
GCP Secret Manager vs Cloud Run env vars, decided per variable with one question. Real 2026...
How OpenAI Scales PostgreSQL for 800 Million ChatGPT Users
ChatGPT serves 800 million users from one Postgres primary and nearly 50 read replicas. Here it...
Postgres MCP Server: Connect Databases to AI Agents (2026)
A working developer's guide to the Postgres MCP server: setup, the April 2026 SDK flaw that...
Gemini API “Prepayment Credits Depleted”: The Vertex AI Fix
A Gemini API 429 "prepayment credits depleted" took down all our prod AI when a prepay...
What Is an AI Gateway? 7 Concerns for Production LLMs (2026)
An AI gateway is a reverse proxy built for LLM traffic. Here are the 7 concerns...
OpenTelemetry GenAI: Tracing AI Agents Without Leaking PII
Practical 2026 guide to OpenTelemetry GenAI conventions - span hierarchy for AI agents, prompt placement, required...
Cloudflare for WordPress: My ISP Block Fixed in 15 Minutes
Cloudflare for WordPress fixed my Hostinger reachability issue in 15 minutes when my ISP blocked the...
Idempotency Key Guide for APIs, Webhooks, and Retries
Learn how to implement an idempotency key with Firestore transactions, webhook signature checks, and 24-hour-plus TTLs...