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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

Distribute Background Tasks with Python Celery and Redis

Set up Celery with Redis broker for distributed task processing including task chaining, groups, chords, retry strategies, scheduled tasks...

intermediate

Configure Dead-Letter Queues in RabbitMQ for Failed Messages

Set up dead-letter queues and exchanges in RabbitMQ with TTL expiry, max length limits, rejection-based routing, and retry patterns for...

intermediate

Build a RabbitMQ Consumer with Python and Pika

Create a RabbitMQ consumer and producer in Python using pika with durable queues, work dispatching, acknowledgments, dead-letter exchanges,...

intermediate

Implement Redis Pub/Sub Messaging in Python

Build real-time pub/sub messaging with Redis and Python including pattern subscriptions, message serialization, connection pooling, and...

advanced

Reduce AWS Lambda Cold Start with Provisioned Concurrency

Minimize Lambda cold start latency using provisioned concurrency, ARM64 Graviton, lighter dependencies, and initialization code...

intermediate

Package Python Dependencies for AWS Lambda with Layers

Package Python dependencies for AWS Lambda using Lambda Layers, Docker builds for native extensions, and SAM/Serverless Framework...

intermediate

Build HTTP-Triggered Azure Functions with Python

Create HTTP-triggered Azure Functions in Python with binding configuration, async handlers, dependency injection, and deployment via Azure...

intermediate

Deploy HTTP Cloud Functions on Google Cloud with Node.js

Create and deploy HTTP-triggered Cloud Functions on Google Cloud with Node.js, Express integration, secrets management, and gcloud CLI...

advanced

Secure API Gateway with Custom Lambda Authorizers

Implement custom Lambda authorizers for API Gateway with JWT validation, IAM policy generation, and caching for token-based authentication...

advanced

Design a DynamoDB Single-Table Schema for Serverless Apps

Design a DynamoDB single-table schema with composite keys, GSI patterns, and access patterns for serverless applications using Python and...

intermediate

Event-Driven Lambda with SQS Triggers and Batch Processing

Process SQS messages with Lambda using batch windows, partial batch responses, error handling, and dead-letter queues for resilient...

advanced

Orchestrate Serverless Workflows with AWS Step Functions

Build state machine workflows with AWS Step Functions using sequential, parallel, and map states for orchestrating Lambda functions and...

advanced

Agent Tool Selection Pattern

Dynamically select which tools an LLM agent can use based on the task context. Reduce token usage and improve decision quality by narrowing...

intermediate

Embedding Cache Pattern

Cache LLM embeddings to reduce API calls and cost. Store embeddings with a content hash key and serve from cache on repeated inputs.

intermediate

Human-in-the-Loop Pattern

Pause LLM agent execution for human approval before high-impact actions. Route decisions to a reviewer when confidence is low or stakes are...

intermediate

LLM Fallback Pattern

Fall back to alternative LLM providers or models when the primary fails. Handle rate limits, timeouts, and errors gracefully with a...

intermediate

LLM Guardrails Pattern

Validate LLM inputs and outputs with rules, classifiers, and content filters. Prevent prompt injection, toxic content, and data leakage...

intermediate

LLM Router Pattern

Route queries to different LLM models based on complexity, cost, and latency requirements. Classify input before dispatching to the right...

intermediate

Prompt Chaining Pattern

Chain multiple LLM calls where each step's output feeds the next step's input. Break complex tasks into smaller, verifiable prompts for...

intermediate

RAG Hybrid Search Pattern

Combine keyword (BM25) and semantic (vector) search to improve retrieval accuracy in RAG pipelines. Fuse ranked results using reciprocal...

intermediate

Blue-Green Deployment Pattern

Run two identical environments and switch traffic between them. Deploy to the idle environment, test it, then flip the router for instant...

intermediate

Cache Invalidation Pattern

Strategies for keeping cached data fresh: TTL expiration, explicit invalidation, write-through, and event-driven cache eviction.

advanced

Cache Stampede Prevention Pattern

Prevent thundering herd cache misses with locks, single-flight, and early refresh strategies to protect the database from concurrent...

intermediate

Canary Release Pattern

Route a small percentage of traffic to the new version while the rest stays on stable. Monitor health metrics and gradually increase or...