Javaad Patel's Blog

Architecture

Data Services: Aggregating database requests for improved performance

Using data services to perform request aggregation to reduce database query latency

DevOps

Monitoring application performance using Nginx and Grafana

Using Nginx access logs to monitor the performance of application endpoints.

Architecture

Improving performance through Lua scripts in Redis using TypeScript

How to use Lua scripts in Redis to decrease network overhead.

Web

Networking for backend engineers: Why CDN's improve performance

Explore the 5 characteristics of CDN's that enable them to improve website performance.

Web

Networking for backend engineers: TCP

Understanding the TCP protocol: How data is transferred reliably between computers.

Web

Networking for backend engineers: OSI model

Understanding the basics of networking through the OSI model, and what happens when you send an HTTP request.

Architecture

Beginners guide to building high availability systems in Azure - Part 2: Terraform Configuration

Learn how to use Terraform to build high availability systems.

Architecture

Beginners guide to building high availability systems in Azure - Part 1: Availability Concepts

What does availability mean? In this post we'll learn core availability concepts and architectures to achieve high availability.

DevOps

Terraform best practices for Azure

Terraform best practices to help you create more maintainable and secure Terraform configurations.

DevOps

Postman API with Newman in Azure DevOps

How to run Postman tests in a Continuous Integration environment using the Postman API and newman CLI.

Career

Book summary: The Manager's Path

Insight into the roles you might take on as you progress on the engineering management career path.

Career

What is a tech lead and how to become a great one

The role of tech lead is not always clear, these are my thoughts on what it means to be a great tech lead.

DevOps

Puppeteer in a continuous integration environment

Learn how to setup a continuous integration pipeline that will run your Puppeteer tests.

Web

Step-by-step: How to build forms with formik and react

A formik tutorial that shows you how to create a react contact form, complete with netlify functions emailing.

DevOps

How to use react environment variables: The complete guide

Learn how to use react environment variables in development and production environments with Kubernetes and docker compose examples.

Web

Get page views from Google Analytics using a Netlify Serverless function

Retrieving page views from Google Analytics using Netlify serverless functions

DevOps

Monitoring applications made easy with FloodRunner

An open-source framework for monitoring web applications using browser testing.

DevOps

Introducing FloodRunner: Automated monitoring using Flood Element tests

A platform for monitoring applications using functional Flood Element tests.

DevOps

Continuous monitoring using Flood Element and Azure DevOps

Monitoring production systems using Flood Element - a browser level testing framework

DevOps

Securing Traefik Dashboard with Azure AD

Detailed walk-through of how to secure your Traefik dashboard running AKS with Azure AD

DevOps

Deploying Traefik to AKS with Let's Encrypt and Cloudflare Support

Traefik in AKS with Let's Encrypt and Cloudflare integration