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August 9, 2026• 3 min
Why we run Postgres full-text search before reaching for Elasticsearch
For most catalogues under a few million rows, GIN-indexed tsvector columns get you 90% of the value of a dedicated search cluster with none of the operational overhead.
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Architecture
July 21, 2026• 3 min
The repository pattern is worth it, even in a small Laravel app
The usual objection is "it is overkill for a small app." The counterargument is that the app rarely stays small, and untangling Eloquent from controllers later is more expensive than starting clean.
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Architecture
November 6, 2025• 4 min
What we actually measure before calling a migration successful
Not "it deployed without errors." Error rate, p95 latency, and business-metric parity over the following week, compared against the pre-migration baseline.
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