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Practical notes on PHP and Laravel, Go, databases, queues, caching, microservices and DevOps — from real experience running production systems.
How to apply the Strangler Fig pattern to migrate a PHP monolith to microservices: mapping service boundaries, configuring an API Gateway, splitting the database, and a real case of extracting authentication from Laravel into Go.
A comprehensive guide to configuring MySQL replication with GTID, automatic failover, and monitoring in Kubernetes for senior backend developers and DevOps engineers.
A practical guide to integrating Elasticsearch with a Go REST API: client setup, index design, full-text search, aggregations, performance optimization, and Docker deployment.
A practical guide to designing a fault-tolerant queue on Redis Streams with horizontal scaling of Go workers in Kubernetes, HPA based on custom metrics, and monitoring.
How to build a multi-level caching system in Laravel with Redis as L1 and PostgreSQL Materialized Views as L2: architecture, implementation, invalidation, and metrics.
A practical guide to building an internal CLI tool in Go with Cobra and client-go for managing Kubernetes environments: architecture, commands, CI/CD integration, secrets handling, and distribution.