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Ryan Orban

Ryan Orban

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Backend

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  1. Django Sessions

    An article on Django sessions — how the session framework works, the available backends (database, cache, file, cookie), and how session data flows through requests. Django's session system is the foundation for authentication and stateful web behavior.

  2. Lato: Python Microframework for Modular Monoliths

    Lato is a Python microframework for building modular monoliths and loosely coupled applications — explicit module boundaries, dependency injection, and event-driven communication within a single process. A structured alternative to ad-hoc Django app organization.

  3. backend-GPT: Natural Language Backend Generation

    backend-GPT is an early experiment in using GPT to generate backend code from natural language descriptions — part of the wave of GPT-powered code generation tools that emerged before GitHub Copilot popularized the category. Represents the early exploration of LLMs as backend architects.

  4. Node and Express Tips

    A collection of practical tips for building web applications with Node.js and Express in 2012, covering middleware patterns, error handling, and performance. Reflects the early period when Node's non-blocking I/O model was still novel to most web developers.

  5. Express — Node Web Framework

    Express.js homepage bookmarked in 2012, when it was the de facto web framework for Node.js. Express's minimal, middleware-composable design made it the starting point for almost every Node web project and set patterns that persist in modern frameworks.

  6. Firebase: Real-Time Backend as a Service

    Firebase (founded 2011, acquired by Google in 2014) was a real-time backend-as-a-service that synced data across clients via WebSockets — eliminating the need to write server-side code for data storage and live updates. It became the template for the 'serverless' and BaaS movement.

  7. The Node Beginner Book

    The Node Beginner Book is a free, comprehensive tutorial that teaches server-side JavaScript with Node.js by building a real web application — not a toy. Written for experienced developers from other languages who need to unlearn some assumptions about JavaScript before they can use it well.

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