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)
Cross-Region Failover Test Template
A template for documenting multi-region disaster recovery test procedures.
Dependency Upgrade Runbook
A step-by-step runbook for upgrading project dependencies safely.
Deployment Checklist Template
A pre-release verification checklist for safe production deployments.
Downtime Communication Template
A template for internal and external outage messaging during service downtime.
Escalation Policy Template
A template for defining incident severity levels and on-call escalation paths.
Infrastructure as Code Review Template
A template for reviewing Terraform and CloudFormation infrastructure code.
Network Security Template
A template for documenting VPC, firewall, and DNS security rules inventory.
Patch Management Template
A template for scheduling, testing, and deploying security patches across environments.
Performance Regression Template
A template for comparing benchmarks and creating action plans when performance degrades.
Rollout Communication Template
A template for release notes and stakeholder updates during capability rollouts.
Service Level Objective Template
A template for defining SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets for reliable service management.
SSL Certificate Renewal Template
A template for tracking SSL certificate expiration and renewal workflows.
API Security Review Template
A checklist template for reviewing API authentication, rate limiting, and OWASP compliance.
Data Classification Template
A template for classifying data as public, internal, confidential, or restricted with handling...
Incident Response Playbook Template
A step-by-step playbook template for handling security incidents.
Penetration Test Remediation Template
A template for tracking security findings, assigning remediation owners, and validating fixes after...
Secrets Rotation Template
A template for scheduling and tracking the rotation of API keys, tokens, and certificates.
Security Audit Checklist Template
A thorough checklist for conducting security audits of applications and infrastructure.
Vendor Risk Assessment Template
A template for evaluating third-party vendor security and operational risks.
API Testing Strategy Template
A template for planning contract tests, integration tests, and load tests for APIs.
Load Test Report Template: Benchmarks and Bottlenecks
A standardized template for documenting load test results and recommendations.
API Gateway Design: Resilience, Routing, and Security
A practical guide to designing API gateways: routing patterns, rate limiting, authentication,...
GraphQL vs REST — When to Choose and How to Migrate
A decision guide comparing GraphQL and REST APIs: use cases, performance, caching, tooling, and...
gRPC in Microservices — High-Performance RPC Guide
A practical guide to gRPC for microservices: Protocol Buffers, streaming, load balancing, and...