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What MCP is, why it became the standard way to connect AI models to tools in 2026, and how to build a small MCP server in Node.js — plus the security rules you shouldn't skip.
Node.js can execute .ts files directly with type stripping. Here's what works, what doesn't (enums, namespaces), and how to set up a modern Express or API project without ts-node or a build step.
A Java developer's guide to virtual threads in Spring Boot 4 on Java 21–25 — how to enable them, what changed with pinning in recent JDKs, and how to decide if your API will actually get faster.
A practical comparison of PostgreSQL and MongoDB for web apps — data modelling, transactions, performance, hosting and when I'd pick each — from a full stack developer who ships both.
Practical Redis patterns for Express and Node.js APIs — cache-aside, invalidation, avoiding cache stampedes, and rate limiting — with production-ready code.
A practical guide to secure JWT auth for Next.js, Express and Spring Boot apps — where to store tokens, how to rotate refresh tokens, which algorithms to allow, and the mistakes I see most often.