Articles

Selected technical writing

Featured writing on retrieval quality, FastAPI architecture, error handling, backend pragmatism, realtime integrations, and workflow automation.

Embeddings vs. Re-Ranking: How to Use Each

When embeddings are enough, when re-ranking is justified, and how to combine both in production retrieval pipelines.

RAG
Retrieval
Embeddings
Re-ranking
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How to Build a Fast & Reliable API for an ETL/Report Generation Agent

A practical pattern for keeping FastAPI thin while moving heavy ETL and report generation work off the request path.

FastAPI
ETL
Agents
Architecture
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Building Production-Ready Apps Without Over-Engineering

How to keep systems dependable and maintainable without adding unnecessary complexity too early.

Architecture
Backend
Production
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Why Most Systems Don’t Have Real Error Handling

A production-minded look at failure handling, stability, and what real operational resilience requires.

Reliability
Error Handling
Backend
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How To Use SignalRCore in Python

A targeted technical article on wiring Python systems to SignalR-based realtime communication patterns.

Python
SignalR
Realtime
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How n8n Can Complement Backend Implementations

Where workflow automation belongs, where backend code should take over, and how to combine both sanely.

n8n
Automation
Backend
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