StackPractices

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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Complete Guide to React 19 Features

Master React 19 features. Covers server components, use() hook, actions, form actions,...

react frontend guide server-components
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Complete Guide to Web Performance and Core Web Vitals

Optimize Core Web Vitals. Covers LCP, INP, CLS measurement and improvement, image optimization,...

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Complete Guide to Event-Driven Systems

Design and operate event-driven backends. Covers event sourcing, CQRS, sagas, outbox pattern,...

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Complete Guide to Apache Kafka in Production

Run Apache Kafka in production with confidence. Covers partitions, replication, consumer groups,...

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Complete Guide to API Security

Secure your APIs end-to-end. Covers rate limiting, authentication, input validation, CORS, SQL...

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Complete Guide to Authentication Patterns

Implement authentication in production. Covers JWT, OAuth2, session-based auth, passkeys, MFA,...

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Complete Guide to OWASP Top 10 2025

Mitigate each OWASP Top 10 2025 risk with practical code examples. Covers broken access control,...

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Complete Guide to Secrets Management

Manage application secrets securely in production. Covers HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager,...

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Complete Guide to Supply Chain Security

Secure your software supply chain end-to-end. Covers SBOM generation, dependency scanning,...

security guide sbom dependency-scanning
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Complete Guide to AWS Lambda in Production

Run AWS Lambda in production with confidence. Covers cold start optimization, layers, deployment...

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Complete Guide to Serverless Architecture

Decide when to go serverless and when not to. Covers FaaS patterns, event-driven design, cold...

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Complete Guide to Serverless Databases

Choose and operate serverless databases for event-driven applications. Covers DynamoDB, Aurora...

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API Rate Limiting

Protect APIs from abuse and ensure fair resource usage with token bucket, sliding window, and leaky...

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Cache Database Query Results with Redis and Python

Cache expensive database query results in Redis with cache-aside pattern, TTL management, and...

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Configure Caffeine Cache in Java with Eviction Policies

Set up Caffeine cache in a Java application with size-based, time-based, and weighted eviction...

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Use Spring Cache Annotations with Redis Backend

Apply Spring's @Cacheable, @CachePut, and @CacheEvict annotations with a Redis cache manager for...

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Cache HTTP Responses with Nginx Reverse Proxy

Configure Nginx as a caching reverse proxy to cache upstream HTTP responses with TTL zones, cache...

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Implement Redis Cache Invalidation in Node.js

Invalidate Redis cache entries in Node.js with TTL expiry, explicit deletion, pattern-based...

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Cache Database Queries with Django Cache Framework

Use Django's built-in cache framework with per-view caching, template fragment caching, and...

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Cache HTTP Responses with httpx and CacheControl in Python

Cache HTTP responses in Python using httpx with CacheControl for HTTP-compliant caching, ETag...

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Store User Sessions in Memcached with Python

Use Memcached as a distributed session store in Python web applications with pymemcache, TTL...

python caching sessions distributed-cache
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Build Async Pipelines with C# async/await and Task.Run

Build async pipelines in C# using async/await, Task.Run, Task.WhenAll, Task.WhenAny,...

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Concurrent Patterns with Go Goroutines and Channels

Build concurrent systems in Go using goroutines, channels, select statements, worker pools,...

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Compose Asynchronous Pipelines with Java CompletableFuture

Build non-blocking async pipelines in Java using CompletableFuture with thenCompose, thenCombine,...