Mathias Paulenko
Software Engineer & Founder of StackPractices
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)
Race Condition Debugging Checklist
Checklist for identifying and fixing race conditions in concurrent code: symptom identification, reproduction strategies, debugging tools,...
Thread Pool Sizing Template
Template for documenting thread pool configuration per service: pool type selection, sizing formulas, CPU vs I/O bound tuning, queue...
Deployment Rollback Runbook
Runbook for rolling back failed deployments safely: rollback triggers, Kubernetes rollback, blue-green deployment rollback, canary...
Docker Image Hardening Checklist
Checklist for hardening Docker container images for production: base image selection, user permissions, file system restrictions, network...
Kubernetes Resource Quotas Template
Template for defining Kubernetes resource quotas per namespace: CPU and memory limits, object count quotas, storage quotas, LimitRanges for...
Terraform Module Versioning Policy
Policy for versioning and publishing Terraform modules: semantic versioning rules, breaking change management, module registry publishing,...
GraphQL API Design Guideline
Internal guidelines for designing GraphQL APIs: schema structure, naming, mutation patterns, error handling, pagination, authentication,...
GraphQL Deprecation Policy Template
Policy template for deprecating GraphQL fields, types, arguments, and enum values safely. Includes deprecation timeline, communication...
GraphQL Federation Onboarding Template
Template for onboarding a service to a federated GraphQL graph: subgraph setup, entity definitions, resolver configuration, gateway...
GraphQL Schema Review Checklist
Checklist for reviewing GraphQL schemas: naming conventions, type design, pagination, error handling, security, performance, deprecation,...
Dead Letter Queue Runbook
Runbook for handling and replaying dead letter queue messages in Kafka and RabbitMQ: DLQ setup, inspection procedures, root cause analysis,...
Kafka Topic Naming Convention Template
Template for standardizing Kafka topic names across teams: naming patterns, environment prefixes, domain segmentation, event type suffixes,...
Message Schema Evolution Policy
Policy for evolving message schemas safely in event-driven systems: backward and forward compatibility rules, schema registry usage,...
RabbitMQ Queue Design Template
Template for documenting RabbitMQ queue, exchange, and binding design: exchange types, queue properties, binding rules, dead letter...
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...
Database Query Tuning Checklist
Checklist for systematic SQL query optimization: EXPLAIN plan analysis, index strategy, N+1 query detection, join optimization, pagination...
Load Test Plan Template
Template for planning and documenting load tests: test scenarios, user journey definitions, ramp-up strategies, success criteria,...
Performance Budget Template
Template for defining and enforcing web performance budgets: LCP, INP, CLS targets, resource budgets for JS, CSS, images, fonts,...
API Authentication Design Template
Template for documenting API authentication flows and token lifecycle: auth scheme selection, token types, issuance, validation, refresh,...
Dependency Vulnerability Triage Template
Template for triaging CVEs by severity and impact: vulnerability scoring, exploitability assessment, blast radius analysis, fix...
OWASP Top 10 Remediation Checklist
Checklist for tracking OWASP Top 10 vulnerability remediation per application: risk assessment, fix priority, code-level remediation steps,...
Secrets Rotation Runbook
Runbook for rotating secrets without downtime: secret inventory, rotation schedule, zero-downtime rotation strategies, dual-key periods,...
Security Review Checklist for PRs
Checklist for security checks during pull request review: input validation, authentication, authorization, secrets, dependencies,...
Serverless Cold Start Runbook
Runbook for diagnosing and mitigating serverless cold starts: causes, measurement, optimization strategies (provisioned concurrency,...