7 min
AWS RDS Performance and Caching: IOPS, Query Tuning, and Application-Layer Cache Patterns
RDS performance: gp3 IOPS, Performance Insights / Database Insights, Proxy, replicas, ElastiCache. July 2026 tuning checklist.
Palaniappan PTagged
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Palaniappan P
6 min
AWS Graviton: The Complete Cost Optimization Guide for Production Workloads
AWS Graviton processors deliver 20-40% cost savings and better performance-per-watt. Covers the migration path, performance benchmarks, and production deployment patterns.
Palaniappan P
12 min
How to Optimize EC2 for High-Performance APIs
A technical guide to EC2 performance optimization for API workloads: instance family selection, Graviton vs x86 economics, network tuning, EBS configuration, and the Linux kernel parameters that affect throughput and tail latency.
Palaniappan P
16 min
How to Design MongoDB for Scalable, Cost-Efficient Workloads on AWS
Atlas vs EC2 vs DocumentDB on AWS: TCO flips with DBA time, not $/vCPU. July 2026: index/cache pressure, hot shards, DocumentDB API-compat caveat.
Palaniappan P
13 min
How to Choose Between Nginx, FrankenPHP, and Modern Web Runtimes (2026)
Pick runtimes by ECS density and team skills, not synthetic RPS. July 2026: FrankenPHP worker vs PHP-FPM, Node, Go memory bands + density matrix.
Palaniappan P
14 min
How to Tune PHP, Node.js, Python, and Go for High Concurrency on AWS
ECS concurrency: PHP-FPM vs Octane, Node event-loop lag, Gunicorn/asyncio, Go goroutines. July 2026 matrix + ulimit checklist.
Palaniappan P
14 min
How to Build Ultra-Fast Asset Pipelines with Bun, Vite, and Rust-Based Tooling (2026)
Vite 8 (March 2026) ships Rolldown by default. July 2026: Bun install, SWC, CodeBuild cache to cut CI build minutes.
Manoj V.
9 min
AWS Auto Scaling Strategies: EC2, ECS, and Lambda
Most auto-scaling configs end up reactive: they scale after load hits, not before. This covers the patterns that anticipate demand across EC2, ECS, and Lambda, with the cost trade-offs of target tracking, step scaling, and predictive scaling.
Manoj V.
7 min
AWS CloudFront vs Cloudflare: Which CDN for Your Enterprise?
July 2026: CloudFront (750+ POPs, Origin Shield, Functions vs Lambda@Edge) vs Cloudflare (proxy + unmetered egress). Decide with a worksheet, not a stale POP count slide.
Palaniappan P
8 min
AWS ElastiCache Redis: Caching Strategies for Production
Redis is fast, until your application retries on every cache miss and the Redis bill starts looking like the database bill. ElastiCache patterns, data structures, cluster modes, eviction policies, and the production patterns that actually reduce database load.
Palaniappan P