OpenStair engineering writing on Flutter, backend systems, documentation, product architecture, open source, and production software delivery.
November 14, 2025 · 23 min read
A deep technical guide to production deployment strategies: comparing Recreate, Rolling, Blue-Green, and Canary topologies, traffic routing mechanics, and automated canary analysis.
November 13, 2025 · 16 min read
A guide to environment management across development, staging, and production: parity, immutable artifacts, secret discipline, PII sanitization, and runtime configuration validation.
November 12, 2025 · 18 min read
A technical guide to Docker images vs containers: OCI specifications, OverlayFS storage layers, copy-on-write mechanics, lifecycle states, and persistence models.
November 11, 2025 · 18 min read
A practical guide to Docker for developers: Linux kernel primitives, image layer caching, multi-stage builds, non-root security, and signal handling for production.
November 10, 2025 · 17 min read
A technical guide to CI/CD: core distinctions between integration, delivery, and deployment, multi-stage pipeline design, OIDC security, rollout strategies, and DORA metrics.
November 9, 2025 · 17 min read
Learn how database connection pooling works, why oversized pools degrade performance, sizing mathematics, client vs. proxy pooling, and leak prevention.
