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Nilesh Kushvaha

New Delhi, India

Senior software engineer with nearly ten years of building and running enterprise applications in PHP, Laravel, React and Node.js, with hands-on DevOps and AI automation work. Nilesh Kushvaha reviews what Cloudsoft Zone publishes.

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About Nilesh Kushvaha

Nilesh Kushvaha is a senior software engineer in New Delhi, with nearly ten years of building, modernising and supporting enterprise applications in government, ERP, point-of-sale, finance and retail.

The work covers Laravel and CakePHP on the PHP side and React, Node.js, NestJS and Prisma on the JavaScript side, along with REST APIs, MySQL and PostgreSQL, and payment and eSign integrations. On the operations side it includes Linux servers, AWS, CI/CD, queues and production support, and more recently AI features and workflow automation. Projects include modules for the National Medical Commission’s online application platform, the GoGMGo cloud ERP, and SIDBI’s MSME loan platform.

Nilesh reviews the articles on Cloudsoft Zone. Each article lists the sources it was checked against and says when AI assisted with research or drafting.

Articles by Nilesh Kushvaha

  • Cloudsoft Zone cover: Node.js production security checklist

    Resource guideNode.js8 min read

    Node.js production security checklist for 2026

    A practical security checklist for Node.js APIs and web apps: supported versions, npm supply-chain controls, secrets, HTTP timeouts, prototype pollution, constant-time comparisons and the Permission Model.

    By Nilesh Kushvaha

  • Cloudsoft Zone cover: MCP's stateless protocol explained: what it means for server builders

    Industry updateAI and Automation7 min read

    MCP 2026-07-28 explained: what the stateless protocol means for server builders

    The Model Context Protocol revision dated 2026-07-28 removes the initialize handshake and HTTP sessions, adds server/discover and a new round-trip pattern, and moves TypeScript support to new v2 packages. Here is what changed and how to upgrade.

    By Nilesh Kushvaha

  • Cloudsoft Zone cover: Laravel Sanctum vs Passport: which API authentication package to use

    ComparisonLaravel8 min read

    Laravel Sanctum vs Passport: which API authentication package to use

    Sanctum and Passport both authenticate Laravel APIs, but they solve different problems. This comparison explains tokens, SPA cookies, OAuth2 grants, expiry and clean-up in Laravel 13, and when each package is the right choice.

    By Nilesh Kushvaha

  • Cloudsoft Zone cover: Laravel 13 production deployment checklist

    Resource guideLaravel8 min read

    Laravel 13 production deployment checklist

    A practical checklist for deploying Laravel 13 to a Linux server with Nginx and PHP-FPM: PHP version, web root, environment and secrets, permissions, deployment commands, queue workers, the scheduler, health checks and security.

    By Nilesh Kushvaha

  • Cloudsoft Zone cover: JavaScript Temporal: how to replace Date in browser code

    JavaScript8 min read

    JavaScript Temporal in 2026: how to replace Date in browser code

    Temporal is now a Stage 4 standard shipping in Chrome, Edge and Firefox, but not yet in Safari. Learn which Temporal type to use, how it handles time zones and daylight saving time, and how to adopt it safely with a polyfill.

    By Nilesh Kushvaha

  • Cloudsoft Zone cover: How to add rate limiting to a Laravel 13 API

    TutorialLaravel9 min read

    How to add rate limiting to a Laravel 13 API

    A step-by-step guide to protecting a Laravel 13 API with named rate limiters: per-user and per-IP limits, strict login limits, JSON 429 responses, Redis counters, limits on non-HTTP actions and feature tests.

    By Nilesh Kushvaha

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