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React
React Server Components: A Practical Guide for Backend Developers
Server Components flip the mental model for React. If you're a backend developer who's been frustrated by Reac...
DevOps
Deploying Django on Hostinger: Nginx, Gunicorn, and SSL in 30 Minutes
Hostinger VPS is excellent value for African developers. Here's the exact setup I use across my client deploym...
Django
Integrating Paystack with Django REST Framework: The Complete Guide
Paystack is the payment gateway of choice for West African businesses. Here's how to integrate it properly wit...
Engineering
PostgreSQL Performance Tips That Actually Matter for Web Apps
Index strategies, query analysis with EXPLAIN ANALYZE, connection pooling with PgBouncer - the PostgreSQL opti...
Engineering
Building Offline-First PWAs for Low-Bandwidth Africa Markets
Unreliable internet is a design constraint, not an edge case, when building for African markets. Here's how to...
DevOps
GitHub Actions CI/CD for Django + React: Zero-Downtime Deploys
A complete GitHub Actions workflow that runs tests, builds the React frontend, and deploys to a Hostinger VPS ...
Engineering
Adding Claude AI to Your Web App: Caching, Streaming, and Real Costs
I've integrated Claude into three production apps. Here's what I learned about prompt caching, streaming respo...
Django
Django REST Framework JWT Auth: Complete Setup with Refresh Tokens
A complete, production-ready JWT authentication setup for Django REST Framework using SimpleJWT, with refresh ...
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