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From PR to Production: How Kubernetes Deployments Actually Work (Single Service + Microservices in the Real World)

Most developers know how to write code. Fewer understand what actually happens after they click “Merge Pull Request.” And even fewer truly understand what…

Nilesh Raut · February 22, 2026 · 6 min read

Backend Dev

Why Your Node.js App Is Fast Locally but Slow in Production

A senior engineer’s deep dive into performance illusions, real bottlenecks, and hard-earned lessons If you’ve shipped a Node.js service to production, you’ve almost certainly…

Nilesh Raut · February 14, 2026 · 6 min read

Backend Dev

Redis Is Not a Database (Until You Treat It Like One)

Redis has an identity problem—and most teams make it worse. On paper, Redis is simple: an in-memory data store with optional persistence.In practice, Redis…

Nilesh Raut · February 14, 2026 · 7 min read