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Mathias Paulenko

Software Engineer & Founder of StackPractices

Mathias Paulenko

Mathias Paulenko

Software Engineer

Software engineer with 12+ years of experience building production systems across Python, JavaScript, React, and DevOps. I have contributed to enterprise projects spanning CI/CD pipelines, API design, cloud infrastructure, and full-stack development.

StackPractices is my personal project, born from a simple belief: great documentation should be copy-paste ready. Every recipe, pattern, and guide on this site is designed to save you time and help you ship faster.

Published Works (1032)

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Race Condition Debugging Checklist

Checklist for identifying and fixing race conditions in concurrent code: symptom identification, reproduction strategies, debugging tools,...

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Thread Pool Sizing Template

Template for documenting thread pool configuration per service: pool type selection, sizing formulas, CPU vs I/O bound tuning, queue...

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Deployment Rollback Runbook

Runbook for rolling back failed deployments safely: rollback triggers, Kubernetes rollback, blue-green deployment rollback, canary...

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Docker Image Hardening Checklist

Checklist for hardening Docker container images for production: base image selection, user permissions, file system restrictions, network...

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Kubernetes Resource Quotas Template

Template for defining Kubernetes resource quotas per namespace: CPU and memory limits, object count quotas, storage quotas, LimitRanges for...

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Terraform Module Versioning Policy

Policy for versioning and publishing Terraform modules: semantic versioning rules, breaking change management, module registry publishing,...

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GraphQL API Design Guideline

Internal guidelines for designing GraphQL APIs: schema structure, naming, mutation patterns, error handling, pagination, authentication,...

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GraphQL Deprecation Policy Template

Policy template for deprecating GraphQL fields, types, arguments, and enum values safely. Includes deprecation timeline, communication...

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GraphQL Federation Onboarding Template

Template for onboarding a service to a federated GraphQL graph: subgraph setup, entity definitions, resolver configuration, gateway...

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GraphQL Schema Review Checklist

Checklist for reviewing GraphQL schemas: naming conventions, type design, pagination, error handling, security, performance, deprecation,...

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Dead Letter Queue Runbook

Runbook for handling and replaying dead letter queue messages in Kafka and RabbitMQ: DLQ setup, inspection procedures, root cause analysis,...

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Kafka Topic Naming Convention Template

Template for standardizing Kafka topic names across teams: naming patterns, environment prefixes, domain segmentation, event type suffixes,...

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Message Schema Evolution Policy

Policy for evolving message schemas safely in event-driven systems: backward and forward compatibility rules, schema registry usage,...

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RabbitMQ Queue Design Template

Template for documenting RabbitMQ queue, exchange, and binding design: exchange types, queue properties, binding rules, dead letter...

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Core Web Vitals Audit Checklist

Checklist for auditing Core Web Vitals per page: LCP optimization steps, INP interaction tuning, CLS layout stability fixes, field data vs...

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Database Query Tuning Checklist

Checklist for systematic SQL query optimization: EXPLAIN plan analysis, index strategy, N+1 query detection, join optimization, pagination...

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Load Test Plan Template

Template for planning and documenting load tests: test scenarios, user journey definitions, ramp-up strategies, success criteria,...

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Performance Budget Template

Template for defining and enforcing web performance budgets: LCP, INP, CLS targets, resource budgets for JS, CSS, images, fonts,...

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API Authentication Design Template

Template for documenting API authentication flows and token lifecycle: auth scheme selection, token types, issuance, validation, refresh,...

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Dependency Vulnerability Triage Template

Template for triaging CVEs by severity and impact: vulnerability scoring, exploitability assessment, blast radius analysis, fix...

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OWASP Top 10 Remediation Checklist

Checklist for tracking OWASP Top 10 vulnerability remediation per application: risk assessment, fix priority, code-level remediation steps,...

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Secrets Rotation Runbook

Runbook for rotating secrets without downtime: secret inventory, rotation schedule, zero-downtime rotation strategies, dual-key periods,...

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Security Review Checklist for PRs

Checklist for security checks during pull request review: input validation, authentication, authorization, secrets, dependencies,...

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Serverless Cold Start Runbook

Runbook for diagnosing and mitigating serverless cold starts: causes, measurement, optimization strategies (provisioned concurrency,...