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Architecture guideAI and Automation
How to secure Model Context Protocol servers and clients: vet and sandbox servers, pin tool definitions against rug pulls, design approvals, check token audience and keep scopes small.
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TutorialWordPress
A step-by-step tutorial for WordPress 7.1: scaffold a dynamic block with @wordpress/create-block, read the post ID from block context, add native supports, and render escaped HTML from render.php.
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Interview preparationInterview questions
20 Node.js interview questions with model answers checked against the Node.js 24 docs: the event loop, nextTick versus setImmediate, streams, worker threads, the permission model, built-in test runner, TypeScript type stripping and graceful shutdown.
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Interview preparationInterview questions
18 REST API design interview questions with model answers: methods, idempotency, status codes, problem details errors, pagination, versioning and ETags.
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Resource guideDevelopment
A code review checklist built on Google's published engineering practices and the OWASP Secure Code Review cheat sheet: what to check in design, behaviour, tests, security and naming, how fast to respond, and how to set up CODEOWNERS so the right people review.
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Architecture guideSaaS and Cloud
Design the multi-tenant layer customers notice: tenant-scoped roles, safe invitations, plan entitlements and billing states, per-tenant audit logs, and offboarding with export.
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MySQL
How InnoDB clustered and secondary indexes work, and the design rules that follow: short primary keys, composite column order, covering indexes, functional and multi-valued JSON indexes, and safe removal with invisible indexes.
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TutorialDevelopment
A strict CSP blocks injected scripts even when an XSS bug slips through. Set one up in Next.js 16 with proxy.ts and per-request nonces, then roll it out safely.
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Resource guideBusiness Technology
A practical afternoon checklist for owners: protect the accounts that matter with passkeys or 2FA, clean up old access, keep two backups including one offline, and prove you can restore. Includes CERT-In and DPDP notes for India.
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TutorialNode.js
Build a tool-using Gemini agent in NestJS 12 with conversations stored in PostgreSQL, validated tool arguments, SSE streaming and tests that run on PGlite.
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Interview preparationInterview questions
21 Laravel interview questions with model answers checked against the Laravel 13.x documentation: the service container, request lifecycle, Eloquent N+1, mass assignment, policies, Sanctum, queues and what Laravel 13 changed.
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TutorialCodeIgniter
A step-by-step CodeIgniter 4.7 tutorial: create a books API with a migration, a validating model, the new API transformers, resource routes and paginated JSON responses, then test every endpoint with curl.
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