Tag: Backend development
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Building a cross‑platform Ollama dashboard with 95% shared code
Posted on July 1, 2026, Level beginner Resource Length medium
This guide demonstrates how to build a production-ready admin dashboard for Ollama that runs on both Android and Desktop using Kotlin Multiplatform. By leveraging Compose Multiplatform, developers can achieve approximately 95% code sharing between platforms, significantly reducing development effort and maintenance overhead. By Vitali Tsikhanovich.
Tags backend-development frontend-and-mobile ai-and-machine-learning
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How a Kotlin compiler plugin cut Android time to first render by 30%
Posted on June 30, 2026, Level intermediate Resource Length medium
Expo SDK 56 introduces a Kotlin compiler plugin that eliminates runtime reflection from Expo Modules on Android. A new Kotlin compiler plugin in SDK 56 strips reflection from Expo Modules on Android: 70% faster init, no code changes for app developers. By Łukasz Kosmaty.
Tags architecture-and-apis backend-development product-and-design frontend-and-mobile software-engineering
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How to easily access private properties and methods in PHP
Posted on June 28, 2026, Level intermediate Resource Length medium
Bypass PHP's visibility rules with Spatie's __invade__ package - simple closures let you read, write, and call private members for testing or deep integration. By Freek Van der Herten.
Tags backend-development product-and-design architecture-and-apis security-and-privacy software-engineering
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Plausible vs Matomo: Which analytics to self-host?
Posted on June 26, 2026, Level intermediate Resource Length medium
The article compares Plausible Community Edition and Matomo—two open‑source, self‑hosted web‑analytics platforms. By Alex Thornton.
Tags data-and-analytics security-and-privacy backend-development frontend-and-mobile leadership-and-career
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TypeScript 7 RC: The compiler rewritten in Go, around 10x faster
Posted on June 22, 2026, Level intermediate Resource Length medium
TypeScript 7's compiler rewrite in Go delivers ~10x build performance while preserving type-checking behavior, with stable release imminent. By Jatniel Guzmán.
Tags backend-development frontend-and-mobile product-and-design
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How to build agentic AI using Python
Posted on June 11, 2026, Level intermediate Resource Length medium
This article explores the fundamental architecture of agentic AI systems built with Python. It breaks down the essential components required to create autonomous, goal-driven agents, focusing on the integration of Large Language Models (LLMs) as reasoning engines and orchestrators as decision-making controllers. The guide provides a technical overview of how these elements collaborate to enable structured orchestration, tool usage, and memory management, offering developers a clear pathway to implementing advanced AI agents. By KnowledgeHut.
Tags ai-and-machine-learning backend-development software-engineering
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Go serverless first: A strategy for modern API development
Posted on June 10, 2026, Level intermediate Resource Length medium
This article challenges the default assumption that Kubernetes is the only viable deployment target for Go APIs. The author advocates for a 'serverless-first' approach, demonstrating how Go applications can leverage native cloud features without vendor lock-in, offering a flexible path to containerization when scale demands it. By Arman Najafian.
Tags backend-development architecture-and-apis cloud-and-infrastructure
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Beyond packages: AI agents and the future of dependency management
Posted on June 9, 2026, Level intermediate Resource Length medium
This article explores how AI agents are shifting developer habits from installing pre-built packages to generating custom code, challenging traditional dependency management strategies. By spatie.be.
Tags ai-and-machine-learning architecture-and-apis software-engineering devops-and-ci-cd backend-development
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How to build Knowledge Graph generation pipelines from text with kg-gen, networkx analytics, and interactive visualizations
Posted on May 25, 2026, Level intermediate Resource Length long
Discover how to transform plain text into comprehensive knowledge graphs using kg-gen, NetworkX analytics, and interactive visualizations, providing actionable insights for developers and data scientists. By Sana Hassan.
Tags cloud-and-infrastructure data-and-analytics ai-and-machine-learning backend-development
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Test SQL Server backups to avoid Schrödinger's backups
Posted on May 23, 2026, Level beginner Resource Length long
This article emphasizes the critical importance of rigorous SQL Server backup testing to prevent data loss and ensure recovery readiness. It outlines a structured approach covering pre-backup alerts, integrity checks, proper backup execution, and post-restore validation, highlighting common pitfalls like corruption, improper deletion policies, and insufficient retention strategies. The author stresses proactive measures such as using third-party tools, implementing alerting systems, and maintaining multiple backup copies to safeguard against unexpected failures. By Vlad Drumea.
Tags cloud-and-infrastructure backend-development data-and-analytics devops-and-ci-cd security-and-privacy leadership-and-career
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Monitoring Fabric mirroring for SQL 2025
Posted on May 19, 2026, Level beginner Resource Length medium
Monitor SQL 2025 Fabric mirroring via Fabric Portal, DMVs, and OneLake files to ensure reliable data replication. By Meagan Longoria.
Tags backend-development cloud-and-infrastructure data-and-analytics
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Frontend memory leaks: A 500-repository static analysis and five-scenario benchmark study
Posted on April 25, 2026, Level intermediate Resource Length long
Frontend memory leaks remain alarmingly prevalent in production codebases, with 86% of 500 analyzed repositories containing at least one missing-cleanup pattern that can silently accumulate memory at a rate of approximately 8 KB per navigation cycle. This comprehensive study combines static analysis across React, Vue, and Angular frameworks with controlled benchmark scenarios to quantify both the prevalence and real-world cost of these often-overlooked issues. By Ko-Hsin Liang.
Tags software-engineering backend-development frontend-and-mobile product-and-design