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)
Health Endpoint Monitoring Pattern
Expose lightweight health endpoints so orchestrators, load balancers, and monitoring tools can...
Leader Election Pattern
Coordinate a single active instance among multiple distributed nodes to avoid conflicts and...
Access Control Review Template
A template for auditing user access rights, verifying least privilege, and documenting access...
Backup Verification Test Template
A template to plan and document backup verification tests, ensuring restore procedures work before...
Cloud Resource Tagging Policy Template
A policy template for enforcing consistent labels on cloud resources to improve cost allocation,...
Compliance Gap Analysis Template
A template for mapping current security controls to compliance frameworks like SOC 2, ISO 27001,...
Container Security Baseline Template
A baseline template for hardening container images, runtimes, and orchestration configurations...
Data Retention Policy Template
A template to define how long data is kept, when it is archived, and when it must be deleted for...
Dependency Vulnerability Report Template
A template for documenting security findings in dependencies, including severity, impact, and...
Encryption Key Lifecycle Template
A template for managing the creation, distribution, rotation, and destruction of encryption keys...
Endpoint Security Checklist Template
A checklist template for hardening laptops, workstations, and mobile devices that access corporate...
Environment Configuration Template
A template to document environment variables, secrets, endpoints, and infrastructure settings per...
Infrastructure Cost Allocation Template
A template for assigning cloud infrastructure costs to teams, products, or environments with...
Load Test Execution Plan Template
A template to plan, execute, and document load tests that measure system behavior under realistic...
Logging Standards Document
A document template for defining structured logging conventions, log levels, retention, and...
Network Segmentation Policy Template
A template for documenting network security zones, segmentation rules, and traffic controls between...
Penetration Test Scope Template
A template for defining the boundaries, targets, rules, and deliverables for a penetration testing...
RBAC Policy Template
A template for defining role-based access control policies, including roles, permissions,...
Secret Rotation Schedule Template
A template for tracking and scheduling the rotation of API keys, passwords, certificates, and other...
Service Level Objective (SLO) Template
A template for defining reliability targets, error budgets, and measurement methods for services...
SSL Certificate Management Template
A template for tracking TLS/SSL certificate inventory, renewals, deployments, and expiration risks...
Third-Party Vendor Assessment Template
A structured template for evaluating the security, compliance, and operational posture of...
User Access Audit Template
A template for reviewing and certifying user access rights across systems, applications, and data...
Vulnerability Scan Report Template
A template for summarizing vulnerability scan findings, including asset coverage, severity...