A blog about backend development, software engineering, and other tech topics. https://saybackend.com/ How I turned repeated AI coding mistakes into Oxlint rules, measured the existing mess, and made touched files clean up their own warnings. Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://saybackend.com/blog/lint-ai-generated-code/ https://saybackend.com/blog/lint-ai-generated-code/ How we used AI, profiling, adversarial tests, and repeatable Go benchmarks to cut hot-path work and make filtered log writes up to 77x faster. Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://saybackend.com/blog/happycontext-go-performance/ https://saybackend.com/blog/happycontext-go-performance/ A simple CLIProxyAPI setup for using Codex-backed models from Claude Code and Conductor. Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://saybackend.com/blog/codex-subscription-claude-code-conductor/ https://saybackend.com/blog/codex-subscription-claude-code-conductor/ Connect Factory Droid to your Claude Max and OpenAI Codex subscriptions using CLIProxyAPI as a local OAuth-to-API-key proxy. Covers installation, latest model configuration, and troubleshooting for Claude Opus 4.7, Sonnet 4.6, GPT-5.5, and more. Thu, 07 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://saybackend.com/blog/cliproxyapi-factory-droid-byok/ https://saybackend.com/blog/cliproxyapi-factory-droid-byok/ A behind-the-scenes look at happymode: a native macOS menu bar utility that switches system appearance using sunrise/sunset (no external APIs) or custom daily times, with a weekly preview and permission-aware UX. Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://saybackend.com/blog/happymode-macos-appearance-scheduler/ https://saybackend.com/blog/happymode-macos-appearance-scheduler/ A practical deep dive into happycontext, a Go wide-logging library that emits one structured event per request with support for slog, zap, zerolog, and net/http, gin, echo, and fiber integrations. Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://saybackend.com/blog/happycontext-wide-logging-golang/ https://saybackend.com/blog/happycontext-wide-logging-golang/ Personal portfolio website showcasing backend engineering work, technical writing, and projects. Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://saybackend.com/projects/02-kamran-sh/ https://saybackend.com/projects/02-kamran-sh/ A detailed build log of cloning PlanetScale's pg_strict in Rust. From the pitfalls of sqlparser and executor hooks to the zero-overhead solution using Postgres' native post_parse_analyze_hook. Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://saybackend.com/blog/recreating-planetscale-pg-strict-in-rust/ https://saybackend.com/blog/recreating-planetscale-pg-strict-in-rust/ Theme management, Mermaid diagrams, and infrastructure improvements. Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://saybackend.com/blog/2026-jan-saybackend-changelog/ https://saybackend.com/blog/2026-jan-saybackend-changelog/ Updated for Zustand v5: persist state in the URL hash so users can copy, share, and restore app state across sessions. Wed, 28 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://saybackend.com/blog/2023-dec-zustand-url-state-sharing/ https://saybackend.com/blog/2023-dec-zustand-url-state-sharing/ Compare PostgreSQL 18 native UUIDv7 with custom UUIDv7, ULID, and TypeID implementations using real benchmark data, index locality tradeoffs, and practical primary-key recommendations. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://saybackend.com/blog/uuidv7-postgres-comparison/ https://saybackend.com/blog/uuidv7-postgres-comparison/ Learn how to break down text effectively for Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems. From simple character-based splits to AI-powered adaptive chunking, discover the best strategies to improve retrieval accuracy and context understanding. Mon, 03 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://saybackend.com/blog/2025-feb-text-chunking-rag-systems/ https://saybackend.com/blog/2025-feb-text-chunking-rag-systems/ Start Apache Kafka locally with Docker Compose and KRaft mode, avoid ZooKeeper, configure advertised listeners, and verify the broker with Kafka UI. Tue, 28 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://saybackend.com/blog/2025-jan-kafka-docker-kraft-mode/ https://saybackend.com/blog/2025-jan-kafka-docker-kraft-mode/ Deploy a Next.js app without Vercel using standalone output, Docker, and a production-ready Node server that can run on any VM, container host, or cloud. Fri, 06 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://saybackend.com/blog/2024-sep-nextjs-deploy-any-server/ https://saybackend.com/blog/2024-sep-nextjs-deploy-any-server/ Learn how to build an app with Next.js and Electron with Server Components support Wed, 07 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://saybackend.com/blog/2024-aug-nextjs-electron-server-components/ https://saybackend.com/blog/2024-aug-nextjs-electron-server-components/ Create best Dockerfile for Golang, optimize your Dockerfile for Golang and make it blazingly fast! 🔥 Thu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://saybackend.com/blog/2024-jun-golang-dockerfile-optimized/ https://saybackend.com/blog/2024-jun-golang-dockerfile-optimized/ Features, enhancements, and changes. Wed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://saybackend.com/blog/2024-jun-saybackend-changelog/ https://saybackend.com/blog/2024-jun-saybackend-changelog/ A comprehensive SaaS application to enhance the review system of eCommerce sites. Mon, 06 May 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://saybackend.com/projects/01-reviewhq/ https://saybackend.com/projects/01-reviewhq/