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Making database integration tests 4X faster: Practical tips

May 25 · 7 min read · You push changes to CI, a 20-minute test run forces developers to wait or get distracted, so test failures are often noticed much later. Frameworks such as Laravel, Django & Ruby on Rails make it eas

Don't let craftsmanship die!

Mar 26 · 3 min read · Claude Code just mass-produced 400 lines across three files in under a minute. The merge request looks clean, the tests pass, the diff is tidy. So why did it take three days to get through code review

Reading 20k excel files per minute with Node

Mar 16, 2025 · 4 min read · Recently I was working on an adhoc activity which involved writing a script that would extract some cell data from around 75k excel files, assume these files are readily available on your disk. Because these are user provided files, some of these are...

An easy way to test 3rd party SDKs with Laravel

Jun 2, 2024 · 4 min read · Nothing is more satisfying than writing unit tests that test complex functionalities with strong assertions. Starting with an example Let's take an example where our app has a mixed functionality which involve external API calls, DB calls and interna...

Observability and Security with AWS

Mar 29, 2024 · 4 min read · Compliance is boring, as developers we don't actively think about security loopholes in our infrastructure, just a few standard practices and that's it. However, AWS provides us with the tools that can help improve the observability of our infra and ...