Software Engineering Blog, page 5
Notes on software engineering from the Atyantik practice.
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Ishan Chavda
Svelte AI Streaming Interface: State and UX Patterns
Build a Svelte AI streaming interface around one message-lifecycle state machine: optimistic UI, streaming, stop, retry, resume, and accessible states.
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Margi Varmora
How to fix MySQL performance bottlenecks and slow MySQL queries in production
Fix MySQL performance bottlenecks and slow MySQL queries in triage order: the slow query log, total time, EXPLAIN ANALYZE, an index, then memory.
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Ishan Chavda
AI Content Workflow in WordPress, No Plugins Needed
Build an AI content workflow in WordPress with no plugins: a REST route, a WP-Cron worker, custom statuses, and transients that survive timeouts.
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Margi Varmora
Laravel Queues at Scale: Reliable Background Jobs
Laravel queues at scale: size your worker pool with Little's Law, dodge the retry_after footgun that runs jobs twice, and keep delivery reliable.
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Margi Varmora
AI Boosting Developer Productivity and Teams
AI coding assistants improve developer productivity, amplify expertise, help developers focus on high-value work rather than boilerplate code.
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Ronak Makwana
What happens when you type a URL and press enter
A millisecond-by-millisecond trace of what happens when you type a URL and press enter: DNS, TCP, TLS, HTTP, and the render path, timed and mapped.
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Ajay Patel
Custom software vs off-the-shelf software: when tailor-made software pays off
Custom software vs off-the-shelf software, slice by slice: buy the common parts, build the one that sets you apart, and time it with break-even math.
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Maulik Macwan
Why is CPU cache faster than RAM? SRAM vs DRAM
Why is CPU cache faster than RAM? The SRAM vs DRAM cell, RAS/CAS/refresh timing, on-die distance, and a benchmark that plots the L1/L2/L3/DRAM knees.
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Ajay Patel
Managing Project Timelines Without Compromising Quality
Manage project timelines without sacrificing quality. Learn realistic planning, task management, and execution discipline for sustainable delivery.
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Ajay Patel
Cross-functional team communication on a software product team, decided pair by pair
Cross-functional team communication for software product teams: count the paths, choose live talk or a written interface per role pair, and log decisions.
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Ajay Patel
Common Project Delivery Challenges and How to Overcome Them
Address scope, timelines, communication, and resource constraints. Practical solutions to improve delivery predictability and project outcomes.
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Ajay Patel
Structured Project Processes That Improve Quality
Clear workflows, defined roles and disciplined execution improve delivery. How process structure drives consistency, reduces rework and enables teams to scale.
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