Database

Automating Database Backups in PHP: A Modern Approach with Spatie DB Dumper

22 December 2025·1374 words·7 mins

PHP Basics DevOps Backend Architecture Php Database Backup Spatie Automation Security Mysql

Introduction # If you have been in the development game for more than a few years, you know the sinking feeling of a database crash with a stale backup—or worse, no backup at all.

Mastering Database Connection Pooling and Transaction Management in Go

1 December 2025·1795 words·9 mins

Backend Development Go Database Sql Performance PostgreSQL Best Practices Concurrency

Introduction # In the landscape of modern backend development, the database often becomes the first bottleneck as your application scales. While Go (Golang) is celebrated for its concurrency model and raw performance, its standard library package database/sql is frequently misunderstood. It is not just a connector; it is a sophisticated connection pool manager.

Mastering Node.js Database Migrations: Knex vs. Sequelize vs. Prisma

29 November 2025·1540 words·8 mins

Backend Development Node-Js Database Migrations Prisma Sequelize Knex PostgreSQL Best Practices

In the fast-paced world of backend development, the only constant is change. Your application’s data requirements today will almost certainly look different next month. This is where database migrations come in—they are the version control system for your database schema.

Bulletproof Database Migrations in Rust: From SQLx to SeaORM

8 November 2025·1596 words·8 mins

Web Development Rust SQLx SeaORM Database PostgreSQL DevOps Best Practices

It is 2025. If you are still manually SSH-ing into your production server to paste SQL commands into a terminal, we need to talk.