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  1. Inside the Database Stack

    A senior-engineer walkthrough of the Django ORM and PostgreSQL: N+1 fixes, indexes, EXPLAIN plans, transactions, and when raw SQL is truly worth it.

    8 minThe Engineering Logs

  2. RAG Retrieval Strategies on a 50k-Document Dataset: BM25 vs Dense vs Hybrid

    How BM25, dense embeddings and hybrid search (RRF) behave on a 50k-document RAG corpus: working code, honest trade-offs, and when each one actually wins.

    11 minThe Engineering Logs

  3. React is Overkill: Why Python + HTMX is Dominating in 2026

    Why developers are shifting to Python + HTMX in 2026 for simpler, faster web apps and moving away from heavy frontend complexity.

    9 minBattle of BackFrontFirst on DEV