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)
Serverless Cost Estimation Template
Template for estimating serverless costs per workload: invocation-based pricing, memory-duration calculation, data transfer, API Gateway,...
Serverless Function Deployment Checklist
Pre-deploy and post-deploy checklist for serverless functions (AWS Lambda, Azure Functions, GCP Cloud Functions): IAM roles, environment...
Serverless Security Checklist
Security hardening checklist for serverless functions: IAM least privilege, secret management, input validation, dependency scanning,...
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,...
Complete Guide to LangChain in Production
Run LangChain in production. Covers chains, agents, memory, tools, LCEL, streaming, callbacks, RAG integration, evaluation, and deployment...
Complete Guide to LLM Application Architecture
Build production LLM applications end-to-end. Covers API layers, prompt management, streaming, caching, guardrails, observability,...
Complete Guide to LLM Cost Optimization
Optimize LLM costs in production. Covers model routing, prompt compression, caching, batch API, token management, semantic caching, prompt...
Complete Guide to LLM Evaluation
Evaluate LLM applications in production. Covers RAGAS, LLM-as-judge, human evaluation, A/B testing, hallucination detection, toxicity...
Complete Guide to LLM Security
Secure LLM applications in production. Covers prompt injection, jailbreaks, data leakage, OWASP Top 10 for LLMs, input validation, output...
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...
Complete Guide to OpenAI API Mastery
Master the OpenAI API in production. Covers chat completions, streaming, function calling, structured outputs, embeddings, fine-tuning,...
Complete Guide to RAG in Production
Build production RAG systems. Covers chunking strategies, embedding models, vector stores, retrieval optimization, reranking, hybrid...
Complete Guide to Vector Databases
Compare and use vector databases in production. Covers Pinecone, Weaviate, Chroma, pgvector, Milvus, and Qdrant. Includes indexing,...
Complete Guide to GraphQL Caching
Cache GraphQL responses at every layer: CDN, gateway, DataLoader, persisted queries, and client-side. Covers cache keys, invalidation, HTTP...
GraphQL Federation in Production
Run federated GraphQL in production with confidence. Covers subgraph composition, gateway deployment, entity resolution, schema...
Complete Guide to GraphQL Schema Design
Design GraphQL schemas for evolution, performance, and maintainability. Covers type design, connections, mutations, error handling,...
Complete Guide to GraphQL Security
Secure GraphQL APIs against introspection leaks, query depth attacks, cost-based DoS, batching abuse, and injection. Covers auth patterns,...
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,...
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...
Complete Guide to Cache Invalidation
Master cache invalidation strategies: TTL expiration, event-driven invalidation, versioned keys, tag-based purging, and write-through...
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,...
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...
Complete Guide to Go Concurrency
Master Go concurrency in production. Covers goroutines, channels, context, select, sync primitives, worker pools, pipelines,...
Complete Guide to Java Concurrency
Master Java concurrency in production. Covers threads, locks, CompletableFuture, virtual threads, executors, concurrent collections, memory...