Backend
Database Connection Pooling Explained
A practical guide to database connection pooling for Postgres and Node.js. Pool sizing, timeouts, PgBouncer, serverless pitfalls, and real numbers.
David White 8 min read Tag
Performance
5 articles tagged with "Performance"
David White 8 min read DevOps
How to Speed Up Your CI Builds: A Practical Guide
Learn how to speed up slow CI builds with dependency caching, parallelisation, incremental builds, and Docker layer optimisation. Practical patterns that work.
Jonny Rowse 14 min read Backend
The Developer's Guide to Database Indexing
Learn how database indexes work, when to add them and how to avoid the most common indexing mistakes that slow your queries down.
Jonny Rowse 11 min read Backend
Caching Strategies Every Developer Should Know
Learn the most important caching strategies for web applications, from browser and CDN caching to in-memory stores and cache invalidation patterns.
David White 12 min read Frontend
Edge Computing: What It Means for Web Developers
Understand what edge computing means for web developers and how to use edge functions for faster, globally distributed apps.
Gareth Clubb 8 min read