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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)

intermediate

Serverless Cost Estimation Template

Template for estimating serverless costs per workload: invocation-based pricing, memory-duration calculation, data transfer, API Gateway,...

intermediate

Serverless Function Deployment Checklist

Pre-deploy and post-deploy checklist for serverless functions (AWS Lambda, Azure Functions, GCP Cloud Functions): IAM roles, environment...

advanced

Serverless Security Checklist

Security hardening checklist for serverless functions: IAM least privilege, secret management, input validation, dependency scanning,...

advanced

Complete Guide to AI Agents in Production

Build production AI agents. Covers agent architectures, tool use, planning, memory, multi-agent systems, ReAct patterns, function calling,...

advanced

Complete Guide to LangChain in Production

Run LangChain in production. Covers chains, agents, memory, tools, LCEL, streaming, callbacks, RAG integration, evaluation, and deployment...

advanced

Complete Guide to LLM Application Architecture

Build production LLM applications end-to-end. Covers API layers, prompt management, streaming, caching, guardrails, observability,...

advanced

Complete Guide to LLM Cost Optimization

Optimize LLM costs in production. Covers model routing, prompt compression, caching, batch API, token management, semantic caching, prompt...

advanced

Complete Guide to LLM Evaluation

Evaluate LLM applications in production. Covers RAGAS, LLM-as-judge, human evaluation, A/B testing, hallucination detection, toxicity...

advanced

Complete Guide to LLM Security

Secure LLM applications in production. Covers prompt injection, jailbreaks, data leakage, OWASP Top 10 for LLMs, input validation, output...

advanced

Complete Guide to Local LLM Deployment

Deploy LLMs locally and on-premise. Covers Ollama, vLLM, llama.cpp, LM Studio, model quantization, GPU requirements, serving with API...

advanced

Complete Guide to OpenAI API Mastery

Master the OpenAI API in production. Covers chat completions, streaming, function calling, structured outputs, embeddings, fine-tuning,...

advanced

Complete Guide to RAG in Production

Build production RAG systems. Covers chunking strategies, embedding models, vector stores, retrieval optimization, reranking, hybrid...

advanced

Complete Guide to Vector Databases

Compare and use vector databases in production. Covers Pinecone, Weaviate, Chroma, pgvector, Milvus, and Qdrant. Includes indexing,...

advanced

Complete Guide to GraphQL Caching

Cache GraphQL responses at every layer: CDN, gateway, DataLoader, persisted queries, and client-side. Covers cache keys, invalidation, HTTP...

advanced

GraphQL Federation in Production

Run federated GraphQL in production with confidence. Covers subgraph composition, gateway deployment, entity resolution, schema...

advanced

Complete Guide to GraphQL Schema Design

Design GraphQL schemas for evolution, performance, and maintainability. Covers type design, connections, mutations, error handling,...

advanced

Complete Guide to GraphQL Security

Secure GraphQL APIs against introspection leaks, query depth attacks, cost-based DoS, batching abuse, and injection. Covers auth patterns,...

advanced

Complete Guide to GraphQL Testing

Test GraphQL APIs at every layer: unit tests for resolvers, integration tests for schema, E2E tests for operations. Covers mocking,...

advanced

Complete Guide to Application-Level Caching

Implement in-memory, distributed, and hybrid caches at the application layer. Covers LRU caches, TTL caches, multi-tier strategies, cache...

advanced

Complete Guide to Cache Invalidation

Master cache invalidation strategies: TTL expiration, event-driven invalidation, versioned keys, tag-based purging, and write-through...

advanced

Complete Guide to CDN Caching Strategy

Design CDN caching for web applications and APIs. Covers edge caching, cache keys, cache headers, invalidation strategies, surrogate keys,...

advanced

Complete Guide to Redis Caching Strategies

Master Redis caching with cache-aside, read-through, write-through, write-behind, and refresh-ahead patterns. Covers eviction policies, TTL...

advanced

Complete Guide to Go Concurrency

Master Go concurrency in production. Covers goroutines, channels, context, select, sync primitives, worker pools, pipelines,...

advanced

Complete Guide to Java Concurrency

Master Java concurrency in production. Covers threads, locks, CompletableFuture, virtual threads, executors, concurrent collections, memory...