Backend
Materialized Views in Postgres: Trading Freshness for Speed
How to use materialized views to speed up expensive aggregations in Postgres without silently serving stale data to your users.
·5 min read
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sql
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Backend
Soft Deletes: The Feature That Costs More Than It Saves
Soft deletes look like a simple safety net, but they silently corrupt your schema, poison your queries, and break your constraints — here's what to use instead.
·5 min read
Backend
Database Design Mistakes I See in Every Codebase (and How to Fix Them)
The recurring database design mistakes that cause slow queries, painful migrations, and production incidents — with practical fixes and the reasoning behind each one.
·4 min read
Backend
SQL Query Optimization: From Slow Queries to Fast Results
Practical techniques for identifying and fixing slow SQL queries using EXPLAIN plans, indexing strategies, and query restructuring patterns.
·4 min read
Backend
Database Indexing: A Deep Dive
Indexes can make or break your application's performance — here's how they work under the hood and when to use each type.
·3 min read