Yuriy Melnikov
Notes on development, architecture, DevOps, and product engineering. Practical posts and solution breakdowns.
I went to “I’m into backend” as the creator of Adal Cloud. I left with ideas for my product, a useful reminder to keep architecture simple, and the feeling that with AI, technology has climbed onto a motorcycle. Here is what stayed with me and what I expect to use in my work.
Being on your phone and being reachable are not the same thing at all.
Sometimes the path to real estate should start with a more modest financial goal.
PostgreSQL 19 disables JIT by default. Let’s look at why this optimization became a risk.
Access to production is not a privilege, and it is not a reward for writing good code. If something goes wrong, finding someone to blame matters far less than restoring the system quickly and minimizing the impact.
Telegram bots are useful mini-apps and notification tools. But they are also a one-way communication channel that users have very little control over.
Receiving webhooks from a payment provider is one of those cases where “almost correct” is not enough.
I want to share a story about how even a little-known blogger like me can receive an advertising offer… and why it may be better to say no.
Sometimes I think marketers don’t read their own offers. A short story about calling a product a gift.
This is the first time I’ve launched my own SaaS. What did I expect, and what surprised me? I’ll try to explain it in detail.