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Fixing the N+1 Query Problem: How We Improved API Response Time from 3s to 200ms

📝 Laravel Applications

8 min read

Fixing the N+1 Query Problem: How We Improved API Response Time from 3s to 200ms

The N+1 query problem is usually explained as a database problem. It isn't. It's a code-shape problem: the queries that kill your API respon...

#Eloquent #Laravel #Performance

Engr Mejba Ahmed

Oct 30, 2025

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The Complete Developer's Guide to AI Agent Capabilities (2025)

📝 AI & Machine Learning

8 min read

The Complete Developer's Guide to AI Agent Capabilities (2025)

I maintain 53 published Claude skills and roughly 35 more private ones I use every working day, and the most useful thing I can tell you abo...

#Claude AI #AI Development #llm-engineering

Engr Mejba Ahmed

Oct 28, 2025

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How to Redirect AWS Amplify Domain to Custom Domain Without Losing SEO Rankings (2025 Guide)

📝 Cloud & DevOps (AWS)

7 min read

How to Redirect AWS Amplify Domain to Custom Domain Without Losing SEO Rankings (2025 Guide)

Every AWS Amplify deployment ships with a working .amplifyapp.com URL, and the day you connect a custom domain you quietly acquire an SEO pr...

#AWS Amplify domain redirect #Next.js 308 permanent redirect #Custom domain SEO migration

Engr Mejba Ahmed

Oct 21, 2025

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How to Set Up Supervisor for Laravel Redis Queues on Amazon Linux 2023

📝 Cloud & DevOps (AWS)

3 min read

How to Set Up Supervisor for Laravel Redis Queues on Amazon Linux 2023

The worst Laravel queue failure is not a crashed worker. A crash is loud: exceptions, failed jobs, alerts. The failure that actually hurts i...

#Laravel Redis queues #Supervisor Laravel setup #Amazon Linux 2023 EC2

Engr Mejba Ahmed

Oct 11, 2025

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How We Optimized a Laravel Application for Lightning-Fast Performance on Shared Hosting

📝 Laravel Applications

7 min read

How We Optimized a Laravel Application for Lightning-Fast Performance on Shared Hosting

This site, mejba.me, runs on Hostinger shared hosting. Not a VPS, not a managed Laravel platform. That is a deliberate choice, and it forced...

#Laravel Performance Optimization #Laravel #Performance

Engr Mejba Ahmed

Oct 08, 2025

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How to Fix “500 Internal Server Error” When Deploying a Next.js App to AWS Amplify

📝 Cloud & DevOps (AWS)

10 min read

How to Fix “500 Internal Server Error” When Deploying a Next.js App to AWS Amplify

You pushed a shiny Next.js app to AWS Amplify. The build passed, logs looked clean, your domain pointed correctly… and then: “500 Internal S...

#Next.js #aws-amplify #Deployment

Engr Mejba Ahmed

Oct 06, 2025

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Ultimate DevOps Guide: Install and Configure PostgreSQL & Redis Locally on AWS EC2 for Laravel (Fix Common Connection Errors)

📝 Cloud & DevOps (AWS)

7 min read

Ultimate DevOps Guide: Install and Configure PostgreSQL & Redis Locally on AWS EC2 for Laravel (Fix Common Connection Errors)

The reason this guide exists is a specific sequence of errors that hits almost everyone who puts PostgreSQL, Redis, and Laravel on one EC2 b...

#laravel postgresql ec2 #install redis amazon linux #aws ec2 laravel production setup

Engr Mejba Ahmed

Oct 05, 2025

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Fixing the N+1 Query Problem: How We Improved API Response Time from 3s to 200ms

The Complete Developer's Guide to AI Agent Capabilities (2025)

How to Redirect AWS Amplify Domain to Custom Domain Without Losing SEO Rankings (2025 Guide)

How to Set Up Supervisor for Laravel Redis Queues on Amazon Linux 2023

How We Optimized a Laravel Application for Lightning-Fast Performance on Shared Hosting

How to Fix “500 Internal Server Error” When Deploying a Next.js App to AWS Amplify

Ultimate DevOps Guide: Install and Configure PostgreSQL & Redis Locally on AWS EC2 for Laravel (Fix Common Connection Errors)

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