Alex Aslam articles - 163 total
N+1 Hydra: A Senior Engineer's Guide to strict_loading
Alright, Let's set the scene. You're code reviewing a Pull Request. The feature is solid, the tests...
Taming the Beast: The Outbox Pattern for Reliable Event Publishing
Hey, Let's talk about a problem I know you've all wrestled with. You're building a sleek, modern...
Rails 8 + Bun: The New Default Stack?
"We ditched Node, Webpack, and 12,000 files from node_modules—here’s why you should...
Bun vs. esbuild: The New Speed King
"Our CI pipeline went from 8 minutes to 17 seconds—here’s how we picked the right...
Bun + Ruby: The New Full-Stack Duo
"We replaced Webpack, Node, and esbuild with one tool—and our stack got 10x simpler." For...
Phoenix LiveView for Rails Devs
"We rewrote our slowest Rails view in LiveView—and it felt like cheating." As Rails...
Ruby 3.3’s WASM Support: A Game Changer?
"We ran Ruby in the browser—and it actually worked." For years, Ruby developers watched...
Rails 8’s JavaScript: Goodbye Node, Hello Ruby?
"We deleted our node_modules folder—and nothing broke." For over a decade, Rails...
Import Maps vs. Bun: The New JS Bundler War
"We cut our JS build time from 28 seconds to 0.8—here’s how you can too." For years,...
Stimulus 3.0: Why We’re All-In
"We ditched React for 80% of our frontend—and productivity skyrocketed." When Stimulus 3.0...
Reducing ActiveRecord Callback Chains by 80% Using POROs
"Our callback hell was so bad, even Rails creators would’ve cried." ActiveRecord callbacks...
Microservices in Node.js: When They Help (and When They Hurt)
The Microservices Trap A year ago, our team made a bold decision: "Let’s break our Node.js...
Why Monolithic Node.js Apps Fail at Scale (And How to Fix Them)
The Breaking Point Our Node.js API was handling 5,000 requests per second (RPS) just...
Hotwire + CableReady: Beyond Turbo Streams
"We replaced 80% of our React frontend with Rails—and users couldn’t tell the...
React Native vs. Turbo Native: A 6-Month Postmortem
"We built the same app twice—here’s what exploded and what surprised us." Six months ago,...
Turbo Native: How We Built a Mobile App Without React Native
"We launched our mobile app in 6 weeks—without writing a single line of Swift or...
DOM Bloat Survival Guide: Fixing Turbo Stream Memory Leaks
"Our app was eating 4GB of RAM—all because of hidden Turbo Stream zombies." Turbo Streams...
Turbo + Stimulus + Alpine: The Ultimate Frontend Stack?
"We ditched React—and our frontend got faster, simpler, and 10x more fun to build." For...
The Future of Server-Side JavaScript: Beyond Node.js, Deno, and Bun
JavaScript Everywhere—But Where Next? In 2009, Node.js revolutionized backend development...
ActiveRecord’s Dark Side: 3 Performance Traps
"Our API was dying under 100 RPS—all because of innocent-looking ActiveRecord...
PostgreSQL’s Secret Weapons: CTEs and Window Functions
"We cut a 5-minute query down to 5 seconds—without adding a single index." PostgreSQL is...
ActiveRecord vs. Raw SQL: Performance at Scale
"Our database was on fire—all because we trusted ActiveRecord a little too...
Why `h3` (from UnJS) Might Replace Express in the Modern Node.js Stack
The Express Fatigue is Real For over a decade, Express.js has been the go-to framework for...
Stimulus + TypeScript: A Love Story
"We resisted TypeScript in our Stimulus controllers—until it saved us from 50 runtime bugs...
Alpine.js vs. Stimulus: A Pragmatic Comparison
"We replaced 8,000 lines of Stimulus with Alpine.js—then switched back. Here’s what we...
When to Add Alpine.js to htmx
"htmx got us 90% there—then we hit a wall. Here’s how Alpine.js saved us without blowing up...
The Dark Side of HTML-First Development
"We went all-in on htmx—and spent the next 6 months untangling the mess." HTML-first...
Turbo Streams vs. htmx SSE: A Latency Deep Dive
"We pushed Turbo Streams and htmx’s SSE to their breaking points—here’s what melted...
htmx vs. Hotwire: The Real-Time Showdown
"We rebuilt our Rails app’s frontend twice—once with Hotwire, once with htmx. The results...
AnyCable vs. Action Cable: A Benchmark War
"Our Rails app’s real-time features were crumbling under 10K users—until we switched...