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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.
Resource guideMySQL7 min read
Set up the MySQL 8.4 slow query log, summarise it with mysqldumpslow, and use Performance Schema digests and sys views to find the queries costing most time.
By Nilesh Kushvaha
ComparisonSaaS and Cloud10 min read
Laravel 13 or NestJS 12 for a SaaS? Ecosystem for auth, billing, queues and admin, typing, performance, hiring, testing and deployment, with the same endpoint built in both.
By Nilesh Kushvaha
Architecture guideDevelopment7 min read
Every HTTP API needs an error format, and most teams invent their own. RFC 9457 defines a standard one: application/problem+json. This guide explains its members, shows validation and business-rule examples, and covers design and security rules for adopting it.
By Nilesh Kushvaha
Resource guideCodeIgniter8 min read
A practical pre-launch checklist for CodeIgniter 4.7 apps: production environment, document root, Composer and optimisation, HTTPS and secure headers, CSRF and sessions, file uploads, proxies and logging, with commands to verify each item.
By Nilesh Kushvaha
ComparisonCodeIgniter8 min read
CodeIgniter 3 is in maintenance mode and CodeIgniter 4 is a rewrite, not a drop-in upgrade. Compare the two versions, see how controllers, models, queries, views and routes translate, and plan a low-risk conversion.
By Nilesh Kushvaha
Interview preparationInterview questions8 min read
17 React interview questions with model answers: keys, state snapshots, effects, refs, Actions, React Compiler, Server Components and what React 19.3 added.
By Nilesh Kushvaha
ComparisonLaravel11 min read
Self-hosted Laravel Reverb, Reverb on Laravel Cloud, Pusher or Ably: a tested broadcast example, scaling limits, presence caps and a cost model with real prices.
By Nilesh Kushvaha
Architecture guideSaaS and Cloud7 min read
How to choose between shared tables, schema per tenant and database per tenant for a SaaS, and how to enforce isolation in shared tables with PostgreSQL 18 row-level security and transaction-scoped tenant context in Node.js.
By Nilesh Kushvaha
Troubleshooting guideMagento7 min read
Missing order emails, stale prices and invalid indexers usually trace back to cron. Learn how Magento cron and indexers work together, how to install the crontab, and how to diagnose and fix the most common failures.
By Nilesh Kushvaha
Resource guideSaaS and Cloud7 min read
A practical checklist to catch cloud cost surprises within a day: budgets and anomaly alerts, Google Cloud spend caps, cost allocation tags, the usual leaks such as public IPv4 and NAT gateways, automated guardrails and a monthly review.
By Nilesh Kushvaha
TutorialLaravel13 min read
Stop double charges and double fulfilment in Laravel with Stripe and Razorpay: stable idempotency keys, unique constraints, locks, a webhook events table and reconciliation.
By Nilesh Kushvaha
Industry updateMagento8 min read
Adobe now ships Magento security fixes monthly as isolated patches. Learn the 2026 bulletins, the baseline rules, how to apply files in order and how to verify.
By Nilesh Kushvaha
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