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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.
Explore the articlesNilesh 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.
Troubleshooting guideLaravel8 min read
N+1 queries make Laravel pages slow as data grows. Learn to detect them with preventLazyLoading and query listeners, then fix them with eager loading, withCount and Laravel 13's automatic eager loading.
By Nilesh Kushvaha
Architecture guideCakePHP8 min read
How the CakePHP 5 service container works: where CakePHP injects services, when a service is worth it, shared services, configuration injection, service providers, the optional 5.4 built-in container, and swapping services in tests.
By Nilesh Kushvaha
Resource guideAI and Automation8 min read
A practical guide to lowering Claude and OpenAI API bills: measure token usage, route tasks to cheaper models, cache repeated prompt prefixes, move non-urgent work to the 50%-off batch APIs, and avoid the mistakes that defeat caching.
By Nilesh Kushvaha
ComparisonReviews8 min read
Cursor and GitHub Copilot compared from their published plans and documentation: prices, how AI usage is metered, privacy controls, editor support, and how to give both tools the same repository rules.
By Nilesh Kushvaha
TutorialAI and Automation9 min read
A step-by-step Node.js tutorial for Claude tool use: define a strict tool schema, run the request and result loop, handle every stop reason, report tool errors, and avoid the forced-tool 400 error on the Claude 5.5 models.
By Nilesh Kushvaha
Resource guideResources8 min read
An eight-step checklist, using free tools, to vet an open-source dependency: licence, maintenance, known vulnerabilities (OSV, npm audit, composer audit), OpenSSF Scorecard, deps.dev footprint, runtime support and an exit plan.
By Nilesh Kushvaha
TutorialResources9 min read
Build a dependency-free link checker in Node.js 24 that extracts https links from a Markdown file, checks them in parallel with timeouts, reports redirects and failures, and runs weekly in GitHub Actions.
By Nilesh Kushvaha
Resource guideCakePHP8 min read
A practical checklist for running CakePHP 5.4 in production: debug and secrets, App.fullBaseUrl and host-header checks, webroot as document root, HTTPS, CSRF and security headers, caching, a deploy script and monitoring.
By Nilesh Kushvaha
Resource guideCakePHP8 min read
CakePHP 4.x stopped receiving security fixes on 10 September 2026. This step-by-step checklist covers deprecations, the rector upgrade tool, composer and skeleton changes, the main breaking changes and PHPUnit updates for moving to CakePHP 5.4.
By Nilesh Kushvaha
TutorialCakePHP9 min read
A step-by-step CakePHP 5.4 tutorial: resource routes under an /api prefix, JsonView serialisation, bounded pagination, 201/204/422 status codes, JSON error bodies, CSRF handling for stateless clients and an integration test.
By Nilesh Kushvaha
ComparisonReviews8 min read
Bitwarden and 1Password compared from their published plans and documentation: free and personal tiers, business features, security design, self-hosting and a checklist for choosing between them in October 2026.
By Nilesh Kushvaha
Resource guideAI and Automation8 min read
A practical AI governance checklist for small teams: inventory your AI tools, set data rules, review vendors, keep humans in the loop, secure LLM features with the OWASP list, and track EU AI Act and India DPDP dates.
By Nilesh Kushvaha
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