Developer Guides
In-depth articles on engineering topics, security and performance.
Base64 Encoding vs Encryption: What Developers Need To Know
Base64 is an encoding scheme, not encryption. Learn the critical difference between Base64 encoding and encryption, when to use each, and why Base64 cannot...
JSON Best Practices: Formatting, Validation, and API Design
Learn JSON best practices covering formatting, validation with JSON Schema, RESTful API design, and a comparison with XML and YAML. A practical guide for...
JWT Security: Best Practices, Common Mistakes, and Safe Usage
JWT (JSON Web Token) is a compact, URL-safe token format defined in RFC 7519. Learn JWT structure, security risks like algorithm confusion and token leakage,...
UUID v4 vs v7: Database Performance, Indexing & Modern Apps
UUID v4 vs UUID v7: learn how timestamp-ordered UUID v7 dramatically improves B-tree index locality, database insert throughput, and query performance over...