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Practical notes on PHP and Laravel, Go, databases, queues, caching, microservices and DevOps — from real experience running production systems.
A practical guide to setting up a fault-tolerant MySQL cluster using Group Replication with automatic failover, monitoring, and MySQL Router integration — no third-party tools required.
A complete guide to building a self-hosted observability stack for PHP microservices: OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Loki, Grafana, and Tempo in Docker and Kubernetes without any cloud dependencies.
A complete guide to pgvector: installation, embedding generation, HNSW indexes, hybrid search, and comparison with Elasticsearch. Practical examples in Go, PHP, and Laravel.
A practical guide to building a CI/CD pipeline for a monorepo with Go and PHP services: path filtering, parallel builds, Helm deployment to Kubernetes, and secrets management.
A complete guide to ILM in Elasticsearch: hot/warm/cold/frozen/delete phases, policy configuration via REST API, rollovers, searchable snapshots, and a practical 90-day log retention use case.
A deep dive into the Transactional Outbox pattern using PHP and MySQL: table structure, polling worker, SELECT FOR UPDATE SKIP LOCKED, monitoring, and comparison with CDC.