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What this is

PG Blog publishes practical, no-hype best practices for Java and Python developers. The goal is simple: articles you can act on, grounded in how real systems are actually built and operated — not trend-chasing.

Posts span the disciplines that matter across a system’s lifetime:

• Software Engineering — error handling, testability, clean, readable code
• Software Architecture — service boundaries, contracts, designing for change
• DevOps — production-grade containers, CI/CD, observability
• Databases — ORM pitfalls, the N+1 problem, safe migrations, query performance
• AI & Agentic workflows — building reliable LLM applications, grounding, evaluation

Where a topic differs by language, there’s usually a Java version and a Python version so you can go straight to the one you need.

Who it’s for

Working backend and full-stack developers, and anyone who wants the “why,” not just the “what” — the reasoning and trade-offs behind a practice, so you can adapt it to your own context.

How it’s built

This site is a static blog built with Hugo and the Ananke theme, deployed on Netlify. It’s fast, secure by construction, and open to read.

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Who’s behind it

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