Databases
UUIDv7 vs UUIDv4 vs Serial: Which Primary Key in 2026?
UUIDv7 is the new default primary key on PostgreSQL 18. Benchmarks at 10M and 100M rows vs UUIDv4 and BIGSERIAL, index bloat numbers, and a zero-downtime migration guide.
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Databases
ClickHouse vs PostgreSQL for Analytics: When to Add an OLAP Database
Benchmark identical analytical queries on ClickHouse and PostgreSQL at 1M to 1B rows. Learn why columnar storage delivers 10-100x speedups, how to sync data with Debezium CDC, and when PostgreSQL is enough.
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Networking
CDN Latency from India: Cloudflare vs Bunny vs Fastly Measured
Real RTT measurements from 8 Indian cities (Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Pune, Ahmedabad) across BSNL, Jio, Airtel, Tata to 5 CDNs over 7 days. Cloudflare leads p50 from every city; the Singapore detour problem; IPv6 vs IPv4 gaps on Jio.
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Security
Certificate Management at Scale: Let's Encrypt, ACME, and cert-manager
Automate TLS certificates with Let's Encrypt, ACME protocol, and cert-manager in Kubernetes. Covers HTTP-01, DNS-01, wildcards, private CAs, and expiry monitoring.
9 min read·
Cloud
Best CDN Providers Compared (2026)
Performance benchmarks from 20 locations, pricing at 1 TB, 10 TB, and 50 TB tiers, and feature comparison of Cloudflare, CloudFront, Fastly, Bunny CDN, KeyCDN, Google Cloud CDN, Azure CDN, and StackPath.
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AI/ML Engineering
Can You Run LLMs Without GPU? CPU Benchmarks & Reality Check
A deep dive into running large language models on CPUs. Includes performance benchmarks, limitations, and optimization strategies.
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Security
Best Secrets Managers for Startups (2026): Doppler vs Infisical vs 1Password Secrets vs HashiCorp Vault
Doppler, Infisical, 1Password Secrets Automation, and HashiCorp Vault compared for startups in 2026 — real pricing, CLI DX, Kubernetes injection depth, dynamic secrets support, and a decision matrix for when each one wins.
15 min read·
Databases
Best Managed PostgreSQL (2026): Neon vs Supabase vs Aiven vs Crunchy Data vs RDS
Six-month benchmark of Neon, Supabase, Aiven, Crunchy Data, and AWS RDS/Aurora across dev, production, and high-throughput scales. Real 2026 pricing, extension coverage, connection limits, and the decision matrix that maps each winner to a use case.
19 min read·
Security
Best SOC 2 Compliance Tools for Startups (2026): Vanta vs Drata vs Secureframe
Vanta, Drata, and Secureframe compared on pricing, integrations, time-to-audit, and multi-framework support. Real 2026 startup quotes, honest weaknesses, and a decision matrix for AWS-first, Workspace-first, and multi-framework shops.
16 min read·