Awesome video from Better Stack on optimizing your Docker images. He covers how important minimal base images (such as Alpine) can be for reducing build sizes/times, as well as layer caching and layer squashing. Well worth 7 minutes of your time!

EscPoint does a great job outlining how important it is to not become dependent on LLMs for learning to code. A refreshing call to learn and master your fundamentals with intentional time and effort! Unfortunately (despite what AI tech bros might say), there's no shortcuts for mastery.

Wozniak makes some interesting arguments about how ORMs can be more trouble than they're worth: over abstraction with little gain. Sometimes, writing performant queries with ORMs becomes so arduous that you're better off just writing the query!

An awesome blog post about how CORS works and how it impacts request security between the frontend and backend. I love the worked examples of CORS vs CSRF, an awesome resource for juniors and a lovely refresher for more senior folk.