23h ago · 2 min read · Yesterday I focused on making the Philippine Law Assistant more usable in real-world setups where local/offline behavior, mobile reliability, and deployment clarity matter more than flashy features. Note: this progress snapshot is based on current i...
Join discussion1d ago · 2 min read · As we move into 2026, building robust API security is no longer an optional skill for developers. This guide explores how to leverage request headers in FastAPI to handle authentication, ensuring your backend services remain protected against unautho...
Join discussion2d ago · 8 min read · The Problem That Wouldn't Go Away Early in a project I was working on, a customer filed a billing dispute. Simple enough, except when we went to check what subscription plan they were on at the time o
Join discussion2d ago · 1 min read · What I built toward The philippine-law-assistant/backend is a FastAPI service aimed at law students: chat, practice tests, and voice-oriented APIs, with Philippine Constitution and law content wired through services for retrieval and generation. Core...
Join discussion3d ago · 4 min read · In this tutorial, we’ll build a FastAPI authentication system with JWT tokens, role-based access (USER and ADMIN), and secure password hashing using Argon2. The backend will use MySQL. This project is
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3d ago · 12 min read · But if you’re actually building with these models, the real question is much simpler: What happens when you give them the same prompt and ask them to write code? So we decided to test exactly that usi
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4d ago · 11 min read · Update — April 2026: Since publishing this post, I iterated further on the model. I upgraded from Random Forest + SMOTE to XGBoost, achieving 85% recall and 0.969 ROC AUC in 0.92 seconds, without any
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5d ago · 1 min read · In 2026, building scalable backend services requires a robust understanding of how API endpoints process complex payloads. This session explores the standard patterns for managing data models and security headers within the FastAPI framework. https:/...
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