Brahim Boumlik — Engineering Insights https://www.boumlikbrahim.com Technical writing on cloud architecture, engineering leadership, and systems design by Brahim Boumlik, Technical Lead based in Casablanca, Morocco. en-US contact@boumlikbrahim.com (Brahim Boumlik) contact@boumlikbrahim.com (Brahim Boumlik) Sun, 05 Apr 2026 02:38:28 GMT <![CDATA[How I Lead Engineering Teams: Lessons from Building a Product from 0 to Production]]> https://www.boumlikbrahim.com/blog/technical-leadership-complete https://www.boumlikbrahim.com/blog/technical-leadership-complete Mon, 09 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Leadership contact@boumlikbrahim.com (Brahim Boumlik) <![CDATA[How I Run Projects: From Kickoff to On-Time Delivery]]> https://www.boumlikbrahim.com/blog/project-management-complete https://www.boumlikbrahim.com/blog/project-management-complete Sat, 07 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Leadership contact@boumlikbrahim.com (Brahim Boumlik) <![CDATA[When to Split Your Application: An Architecture Decision Guide]]> https://www.boumlikbrahim.com/blog/software-architecture-complete https://www.boumlikbrahim.com/blog/software-architecture-complete Wed, 28 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT Architecture contact@boumlikbrahim.com (Brahim Boumlik) <![CDATA[Shipping AI Features in Production: GPT-4o Inside a Live Platform]]> https://www.boumlikbrahim.com/blog/ai-engineering-complete https://www.boumlikbrahim.com/blog/ai-engineering-complete Tue, 25 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT Architecture contact@boumlikbrahim.com (Brahim Boumlik) <![CDATA[How We Deployed and Scaled on Azure: A Production Playbook]]> https://www.boumlikbrahim.com/blog/azure-cloud-complete https://www.boumlikbrahim.com/blog/azure-cloud-complete Thu, 05 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT Cloud & DevOps contact@boumlikbrahim.com (Brahim Boumlik) <![CDATA[Building Subscription Payments: Stripe from Design to Production]]> https://www.boumlikbrahim.com/blog/stripe-integration-complete https://www.boumlikbrahim.com/blog/stripe-integration-complete Wed, 15 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT Architecture contact@boumlikbrahim.com (Brahim Boumlik) <![CDATA[Securing User Sessions: How Modern Authentication Works]]> https://www.boumlikbrahim.com/blog/jwt-management-complete https://www.boumlikbrahim.com/blog/jwt-management-complete Tue, 20 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT Security contact@boumlikbrahim.com (Brahim Boumlik) <![CDATA[Adding a Second Lock on the Door: Implementing 2FA]]> https://www.boumlikbrahim.com/blog/two-factor-auth-setup https://www.boumlikbrahim.com/blog/two-factor-auth-setup Sat, 10 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT Security contact@boumlikbrahim.com (Brahim Boumlik) <![CDATA[One Codebase, Multiple Products: How Monorepos Accelerate Teams]]> https://www.boumlikbrahim.com/blog/monorepo-complete https://www.boumlikbrahim.com/blog/monorepo-complete Fri, 15 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT Architecture contact@boumlikbrahim.com (Brahim Boumlik) <![CDATA[Shipping Faster with Automated Pipelines: CI/CD with GitHub Actions]]> https://www.boumlikbrahim.com/blog/github-actions-complete https://www.boumlikbrahim.com/blog/github-actions-complete Sat, 07 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Cloud & DevOps contact@boumlikbrahim.com (Brahim Boumlik) <![CDATA[From Code to Container: A Production Docker Guide]]> https://www.boumlikbrahim.com/blog/docker-complete https://www.boumlikbrahim.com/blog/docker-complete Wed, 10 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT Cloud & DevOps contact@boumlikbrahim.com (Brahim Boumlik) <![CDATA[Scaling Applications in the Cloud: Kubernetes and GitOps in Practice]]> https://www.boumlikbrahim.com/blog/container-orchestration-complete https://www.boumlikbrahim.com/blog/container-orchestration-complete Mon, 09 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Cloud & DevOps contact@boumlikbrahim.com (Brahim Boumlik) <![CDATA[Automating Cloud Infrastructure: From Manual Setup to Code-Driven Deployment]]> https://www.boumlikbrahim.com/blog/cloud-1-ansible-iac https://www.boumlikbrahim.com/blog/cloud-1-ansible-iac Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Cloud & DevOps contact@boumlikbrahim.com (Brahim Boumlik) <![CDATA[Enforcing Code Standards Across a Multi-Language Team]]> https://www.boumlikbrahim.com/blog/code-quality-complete https://www.boumlikbrahim.com/blog/code-quality-complete Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Cloud & DevOps contact@boumlikbrahim.com (Brahim Boumlik) <![CDATA[How We Architected a Production SaaS: A Microservices Deep Dive]]> https://www.boumlikbrahim.com/blog/nestjs-microservices-complete https://www.boumlikbrahim.com/blog/nestjs-microservices-complete Wed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 GMT Engineering contact@boumlikbrahim.com (Brahim Boumlik) <![CDATA[How Our Services Talk to Each Other: Message Queues Explained]]> https://www.boumlikbrahim.com/blog/rabbitmq-complete https://www.boumlikbrahim.com/blog/rabbitmq-complete Tue, 01 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT Engineering contact@boumlikbrahim.com (Brahim Boumlik) <![CDATA[The Blueprints Behind Good Software: Design Patterns Explained]]> https://www.boumlikbrahim.com/blog/design-patterns-typescript-guide https://www.boumlikbrahim.com/blog/design-patterns-typescript-guide Thu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT Engineering contact@boumlikbrahim.com (Brahim Boumlik) <![CDATA[Technical Debt: How to Identify and Eliminate It Before It Costs You]]> https://www.boumlikbrahim.com/blog/refactoring-techniques-guide https://www.boumlikbrahim.com/blog/refactoring-techniques-guide Mon, 15 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT Engineering contact@boumlikbrahim.com (Brahim Boumlik) <![CDATA[Designing Databases for Scale: Isolated Data Per Service]]> https://www.boumlikbrahim.com/blog/prisma-database-per-microservice https://www.boumlikbrahim.com/blog/prisma-database-per-microservice Fri, 25 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT Engineering contact@boumlikbrahim.com (Brahim Boumlik) <![CDATA[Storing and Serving Files in the Cloud: Azure Blob Storage in Practice]]> https://www.boumlikbrahim.com/blog/azure-blob-storage https://www.boumlikbrahim.com/blog/azure-blob-storage Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Engineering contact@boumlikbrahim.com (Brahim Boumlik) <![CDATA[Real-Time Communication: How WebSockets Power Live Features]]> https://www.boumlikbrahim.com/blog/nestjs-websockets https://www.boumlikbrahim.com/blog/nestjs-websockets Sun, 25 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT Engineering contact@boumlikbrahim.com (Brahim Boumlik) <![CDATA[Online Now: Building Real-Time Presence and Notification Systems]]> https://www.boumlikbrahim.com/blog/notifications-presence-complete https://www.boumlikbrahim.com/blog/notifications-presence-complete Tue, 30 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT Engineering contact@boumlikbrahim.com (Brahim Boumlik) <![CDATA[Building Slack-Style Chat from Scratch: Architecture and Trade-offs]]> https://www.boumlikbrahim.com/blog/chat-implementation-complete https://www.boumlikbrahim.com/blog/chat-implementation-complete Sat, 20 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT Engineering contact@boumlikbrahim.com (Brahim Boumlik) <![CDATA[End-to-End Authentication: Designing a Secure Login System]]> https://www.boumlikbrahim.com/blog/secure-auth-nextjs-nestjs-prisma https://www.boumlikbrahim.com/blog/secure-auth-nextjs-nestjs-prisma Fri, 22 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT Engineering contact@boumlikbrahim.com (Brahim Boumlik) <![CDATA[Managing a Large Codebase at Speed: Turborepo in Production]]> https://www.boumlikbrahim.com/blog/saas-platform-turborepo-nestjs-django https://www.boumlikbrahim.com/blog/saas-platform-turborepo-nestjs-django Wed, 10 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMT Engineering contact@boumlikbrahim.com (Brahim Boumlik) <![CDATA[Building an Operating System from Zero: What It Taught Me About Computers]]> https://www.boumlikbrahim.com/blog/kernel-dev-complete https://www.boumlikbrahim.com/blog/kernel-dev-complete Tue, 05 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMT Engineering contact@boumlikbrahim.com (Brahim Boumlik) <![CDATA[How Attackers Break Software: A Security Research Deep Dive]]> https://www.boumlikbrahim.com/blog/binary-exploitation https://www.boumlikbrahim.com/blog/binary-exploitation Mon, 09 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Security contact@boumlikbrahim.com (Brahim Boumlik) <![CDATA[Security from the Attacker's Perspective: Lessons from Vulnerability Research]]> https://www.boumlikbrahim.com/blog/cybersecurity-complete https://www.boumlikbrahim.com/blog/cybersecurity-complete Sat, 15 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT Security contact@boumlikbrahim.com (Brahim Boumlik)