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ASEAN Data Protection Patchwork: A Developer's Compliance Checklist

Seven ASEAN countries now have comprehensive data protection laws, each with different consent models, localization requirements, and penalty structures. Here is a practical compliance checklist for developers building multi-country applications.

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DevOps

Platform Engineering Ate DevOps: Building Your Internal Developer Platform in 2026

80% of large engineering organizations now have dedicated platform teams, up from 45% in 2024. The internal developer platform — self-service portals, pre-approved infrastructure, automated guardrails — has become the standard way to deliver DevOps at scale. Here is how to build one.

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DevOps

Zero-Instrumentation Observability: How eBPF Replaced the Sidecar Fleet

67% of Kubernetes teams now use eBPF-based observability tools, up from 29% in 2024. By moving telemetry collection into the kernel, eBPF eliminates sidecar containers, cuts RAM usage by 84%, and delivers under 1% CPU overhead. Here is the complete stack and migration guide.

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DevOps

WASI 0.3 and the Death of Cold Starts: Server-Side Wasm in Production

WASI 0.3 dropped in February 2026 with native async I/O, stream types, and full socket support. Server-side WebAssembly now delivers microsecond cold starts, and every major cloud provider offers Wasm serverless. Here is what changed and how to ship Wasm to production.

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Engineering

The Modern Backend Stack 2026: Rust + PostgreSQL 18 + Wasm + eBPF

Four technologies are converging to redefine backend infrastructure in 2026: Rust eliminates garbage collection overhead and reduces container counts by 3x, PostgreSQL 18 replaces specialized databases, WASI 0.3 delivers microsecond cold starts for serverless functions, and eBPF enables zero-instrumentation observability at a fraction of traditional monitoring costs.

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Engineering

Neon vs Turso vs PlanetScale: Choosing a Serverless Database in 2026

A practical comparison of the three leading serverless database platforms in 2026. Neon dominates for PostgreSQL workloads with branching and autoscaling, Turso wins for edge-native SQLite deployments, and PlanetScale remains the best option for MySQL-compatible serverless scaling.

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Engineering

PostgreSQL 18 Deep Dive: uuidv7, Virtual Columns, and the New I/O Engine

PostgreSQL 18 shipped in September 2025 with transformative features: a new asynchronous I/O engine delivering up to 3x read throughput, native uuidv7() for timestamp-ordered identifiers, virtual generated columns, OAuth authentication, and temporal constraints. This deep dive covers every major feature with migration guidance from PostgreSQL 17.

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Engineering

How We Use Claude Code to Maintain a Nuxt 4 + Rust Monorepo

A behind-the-scenes look at how Open Soft uses Claude Code as a daily development tool for our production monorepo. Real workflows for multi-file refactoring, migration writing, test generation, code review, and custom tooling with hooks and MCP servers.

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Biometrics

Building Biometric Verification Systems: Architecture Patterns for Indonesia's New Requirements

A deep technical guide to architecting biometric verification systems that comply with Indonesia's KOMDIGI Regulation No. 7/2026. Covers system components, UU PDP compliance, scalability for 270M+ population, and Rust implementation patterns.

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DevOps

Deep EVM #28: High-Throughput Data Pipeline — Batch Inserts, COPY, and Conflict Resolution

Build high-throughput data pipelines with PostgreSQL using COPY protocol, bulk upsert patterns, WAL tuning, connection pooling with PgBouncer, and monitoring.

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DevOps

Deep EVM #27: PostgreSQL Performance at Scale — Indexes, VACUUM, and Query Optimization

Master PostgreSQL performance tuning with partial indexes, covering indexes, BRIN for time-series, autovacuum configuration, and EXPLAIN ANALYZE interpretation.

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DevOps

Deep EVM #26: Sharding vs Partitioning — Architecture for Massive Tables

Compare database sharding and partitioning strategies for horizontal scaling. Covers consistent hashing, cross-shard queries, resharding, and when to choose each approach.

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