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ArchitectureKubernetes Health Checks: Getting Probes Right in Production
Liveness, readiness, and startup probes sound simple until your pods start crash-looping in production. Here's what I learned configuring them for real workloads.
Paulo Silva
May 22, 2026 · 7 min read
DevelopmentReact Native Mobile Performance: Patterns That Kept My App Smooth
Slow React Native apps are almost always caused by the same handful of mistakes. Here are the patterns I keep coming back to when an app starts feeling sluggish.
Paulo Silva
May 20, 2026 · 5 min read
DevelopmentTesting React Components Without Losing Your Mind
React Testing Library changed how I think about tests. Here is the setup, the patterns, and the mindset shift that made it all click.
Paulo Silva
May 18, 2026 · 7 min read
DevelopmentWhy I Deploy Everything to Azure
I've tried the alternatives. But I keep ending up back on Azure, and at this point it's not accidental. Here's the honest answer.
Paulo Silva
May 15, 2026 · 6 min read
DevelopmentReact Performance Optimization: Patterns That Actually Matter
Most React apps don't have a performance problem. They have a re-render problem. Here are the patterns I actually use to fix it.
Paulo Silva
May 13, 2026 · 5 min read
ArchitectureTempo: Distributed Tracing and the Question Metrics Can't Answer
Metrics tell you something is slow. Logs tell you an error occurred. Neither tells you why. Tempo fills that gap, and it completed my observability stack.
Paulo Silva
May 11, 2026 · 6 min read