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Maximize Your AI Value With Small Language Models

Small language models (SLMs) offer 90% of the value of large models at a fraction of the cost. Devs can maximize AI ROI by training SLMs on domain-specific data.

October 16, 2025

by Brian Sathianathan

· 2,156 Views · 3 Likes

Build AI Agents with Phidata: YouTube Summarizer Agent

In this article, we will explore the value of AI agents, introduce popular agentic AI platforms, and walk through a hands-on tutorial for building a simple AI agent.

October 16, 2025

by Praveen Gupta Sanka

· 2,096 Views · 3 Likes

A Technical Practitioner's Guide to Integrating AI Tools into Real Development Workflows

Junior developers are shipping features faster with Cursor and GitHub Copilot, while senior engineers question if AI-assisted code is maintainable at scale.

October 16, 2025

by Jim Liddle

· 2,824 Views · 1 Like

Porting From Perl to Go: Simplifying for Platform Engineering

Rewriting a script for the Homebrew package manager taught me how the Go programming language’s design choices align with platform-ready tools.

October 16, 2025

by Mark Gardner

CORE

· 3,699 Views · 2 Likes

Centralized Configuration Management With Consul

In this article, learn how to set up centralized configuration in Spring Boot using HashiCorp Consul for dynamic, environment-specific settings management.

October 15, 2025

by Vishnu Viswambharan

· 2,827 Views · 2 Likes

Building a Fault-Tolerant Microservices Architecture With Kubernetes, gRPC, and Circuit Breakers

Learn how to build resilient microservices with Kubernetes, gRPC, and the Circuit Breaker pattern to prevent cascading failures and improve reliability.

October 15, 2025

by Anil Jonnalagadda

· 12,562 Views · 4 Likes

Why Domain-Driven Design Is Still Essential in Modern Software Development

Software keeps growing in complexity while losing touch with business goals. Domain-driven design brings clarity, making systems scalable, meaningful, and built to last.

October 15, 2025

by Otavio Santana

CORE

· 4,258 Views · 4 Likes

Python Development With Asynchronous SQLite and PostgreSQL

Solve SQL security, database connector, and prepared statement problems when using FastAPI with Asynchronous PostgreSQL and SQLAlchemy.

October 15, 2025

by Craig Oda

CORE

· 5,505 Views · 5 Likes

Distributed Locking in Cloud-Native Applications: Ensuring Consistency Across Multiple Instances

In modern cloud-native systems, services often run across multiple pods or nodes for scalability and high availability, introducing challenges in data consistency.

October 15, 2025

by Navin Kaushik

· 3,368 Views · 1 Like

The Era of AI-First Backends: What Happens When APIs Become Contextualized Through LLMs?

AI-first backends let LLMs drive dynamic, personalized API logic in real time replacing static rules. Validation and guardrails keep them reliable and secure.

October 15, 2025

by Bharath Kumar Reddy Janumpally

· 5,024 Views · 3 Likes

Types of Web 3 APIs

Choosing the right API architecture depends on your application’s specific needs like it's enterprise integration, user interaction or deep protocol-level communication.

October 15, 2025

by Oliver Ifediorah

· 2,109 Views · 1 Like

Indexing Across Data Models: From Tables to Documents to Text

Learn how database indexes — hash, B-tree, R-tree, bitmap, inverted, and vector — boost query performance across relational, NoSQL, and search systems.

October 15, 2025

by Ammar Husain

CORE

· 1,679 Views

Beyond Secrets Manager: Designing Zero-Retention Secrets in AWS With Ephemeral Access Patterns

Ephemeral access patterns in AWS eliminate credential sprawl. This architecture uses IAM, STS, and brokers to enable zero-retention secrets at scale.

October 15, 2025

by Amrit Pal Singh

· 11,667 Views

Senior Developers, What to Read Next?

This is a subjective list of books I have advised to a great developer I know. This contains multiple subsections and covers both technical and teamwork aspects.

October 14, 2025

by Daniel Buza

· 6,597 Views · 7 Likes

Agentic AI: Why Your Copilot Is About to Become Your Coworker

The era of AI autonomously doing the work is here. Agentic AI systems can plan multi-step workflows, make decisions, use tools, and coordinate with other agents.

October 14, 2025

by Jubin Abhishek Soni

CORE

· 3,522 Views · 4 Likes

Where Stale Data Hides Inside Your Architecture (and How to Spot It)

Stale data hides in caches, syncs, and backups, quietly breaking consistency and trust. Fixing it starts with treating freshness as design.

October 14, 2025

by Andreas Kozachenko

· 2,300 Views · 1 Like

Advanced Snowflake SQL for Data Engineering Analytics

Learn seven advanced Snowflake SQL queries for online retail analytics, with visualizations and tips for scalable data pipelines.

October 14, 2025

by Ram Ghadiyaram

CORE

· 2,380 Views · 1 Like

CNCF Triggers a Platform Parity Breakthrough for Arm64 and x86

Actuated plus Ampere-powered runners let CNCF maintainers test and ship Arm64 natively, closing the gap with x86 across CI/CD.

October 14, 2025

by Scott Fulton III

· 2,246 Views · 2 Likes

Our Path to Better Certificate Management With Vault and FreeIPA

Learn how to turn HashiCorp Vault into a subordinate CA under FreeIPA to streamline and automate PKI in cloud-native environments.

October 14, 2025

by Nikolai Mishin

· 2,006 Views · 3 Likes

Inside Microsoft Fabric: How Data Agents, Copilot Studio, and Real-Time Intelligence Power the AI-Driven Enterprise

Learn how developers can use data agents for natural-language querying, Copilot Studio for AI interactions, and real-time intelligence for streaming analytics.

October 14, 2025

by Vishwa Kishore Mannem

· 3,021 Views · 2 Likes

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