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More from the trenches.
Older posts. Same hot takes.
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ArchitectureCaching for speed: Redis and semantic layers in RAG
Stop paying for the same LLM call twice. Two-tier caching with Redis keys and RedisVL semantic lookups slashes RAG latency and trims your LLM API bill.
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ArchitectureSmart auto-scaling for modern AI apps
CPU auto-scaling fails GPU workloads. Why queue depth, KV-cache pressure, and TTFT beat CPU as triggers, plus the KEDA patterns to scale AI in time.
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ArchitectureGPU-aware load balancing for AI inference
Round-robin breaks when LLM requests span 50 to 50,000 tokens. GPU-aware load balancing with prefill/decode disaggregation and the metrics that cut P99.
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ArchitectureCircuit breakers: stopping vector DB failures
A slow vector DB kills SaaS faster than a dead one. The circuit-breaker pattern for AI infra: states, fallback tiers, and Laravel-friendly wiring.
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ArchitectureMessage queues for heavy-duty document processing
Stop running embeddings in the request cycle. Build a document pipeline on message queues with staged workers, retries, dead-letter queues, and autoscaling.
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ArchitectureRate limiting: protecting your AI wallet
One runaway agent loop can mean a $5,000 LLM bill. Why request-per-second limits lie, and how hierarchical token-bucket limits protect your margins.
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ArchitectureAPI gateway: the front door of your AI stack
Stop exposing LLM providers to your frontend. The API gateway pattern for AI apps: tenant isolation, model aliases, rate limiting, and streaming-safe timeouts.
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ShopifyShopify Storefront Web Components: headless light
Headless used to mean six engineers and a Hydrogen rebuild. Shopify Storefront Web Components drop products, collections, and cart into any page with a script.
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ShopifyHow agentic commerce changes building on Shopify
Agentic commerce is reshaping how you build Shopify. The shift from human-centric themes to agent-ready infrastructure: Catalog, UCP, and MCP.
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