Articles tagged: backend

Going beyond simple webhooks. How to build a robust C# BackgroundService that listens to NATS events and manages a bidirectional Telegram Bot.

How we slashed system latency by 95% by moving from sequential HTTP calls to parallel NATS requests, implementing Redis caching, and tuning Qdrant vector search.

Decoupling frontend and backend tests by defining API contracts. How we verify Blazor/FastEndpoint compatibility in CI/CD without integration environments.

Data integrity in high-traffic applications relies on how you handle concurrent updates. We compare DB locks (Pessimistic) against Row Versioning (Optimistic) in EF Core.

Achieve 100% reliable messaging by atomically committing state changes and events. A deep dive into the Outbox Pattern with EF Core and NATS utilizing background relay workers.

Separating reads from writes doesn't have to be complicated. Learn how to implement a practical CQRS architecture using FastEndpoints for the API and MediatR for clean command handling.

Why we moved from standard UUIDs to NanoIDs for primary keys: URL aesthetics, database considerations, and a custom alphabet implementation.