Backend
How to Choose the Right Database for Your Project
A practical guide to choosing the right database for your project, comparing relational, document, key-value and graph options with clear criteria.
David White 9 min read Articles by David White
David White 9 min read Backend
Why Time Zones Break Your Code (and How to Fix It)
British Summer Time starts today. If your code stores local times, you probably have a bug. Here is how to handle time zones properly.
David White 8 min read AI Tools
MCP Servers: A Practical Guide for Developers
Learn what MCP servers are, how they connect AI tools to your codebase, and how to build your own. A practical guide to the Model Context Protocol.
David White 11 min read Backend
The Developer's Guide to API Rate Limiting
A practical guide to API rate limiting. Covers algorithms, implementation patterns, response headers, and best practices for resilient APIs.
David White 9 min read Code Quality
Debugging Strategies That Actually Save You Time
Practical debugging strategies that help you find and fix bugs faster, from systematic approaches to tool mastery.
David White 11 min read Collaboration
How to Write Code Reviews That Actually Improve Code
Code review best practices that help you give feedback developers want to act on, not argue about.
David White 8 min read Code Quality
Spring Cleaning Your Codebase: A Practical Checklist
A practical checklist for spring cleaning your codebase, covering dead code removal, dependency updates, and technical debt reduction.
David White 6 min read Backend
Caching Strategies Every Developer Should Know
Learn the most important caching strategies for web applications, from browser and CDN caching to in-memory stores and cache invalidation patterns.
David White 12 min read DevOps
Environment Variables Done Right
A practical guide to managing environment variables across development, CI/CD, and production without leaking secrets.
David White 11 min read