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Build or Buy MCP Infrastructure: A Decision Guide for SaaS Teams
Weighing an in-house MCP server against a managed platform: real workload, authentication, degrees of control, fit limits, a hybrid route and five questions to settle first.
11 min readMCP Servers Explained: Tools, Resources, Prompts and When to Add a Gateway
A plain-language look at MCP servers: how host, client and server connect, how MCP differs from an API, what you can do with one, and when a gateway pays off.
9 min readPorting a Chat Loop From OpenAI to Claude in Python: One Page of Changes
Move a stateless message loop to Anthropic's Messages API: the top-level system parameter, required max_tokens, content blocks and strict role alternation.
4 min readGemini API in Python: The Same Stateless Loop With model Roles and Chat Objects
Call Gemini from Python with the google-genai SDK: contents and parts, system_instruction, token usage and a chat object that tracks history on the client.
4 min readBuilding an Agentic API Assistant: From Hackathon to Beta
A LangGraph assistant that explains an API, writes code and runs read-only queries: two modes, a self-repairing OData loop, artifact memory, LLM-judge scoring, self-serve access.
8 min readWhere Our LLM API Bill Went and the Architecture Changes That Cut It
Step-level token attribution, model tiering, prompt trimming and backoff with jitter cut a coding agent's API costs; includes cost formulas and common optimization mistakes.
8 min readNode vs Bun vs Deno: multi-route bakeoffs beat single RPS charts
A multi-route Node.js vs Bun vs Deno bakeoff: raw throughput is real, but ops familiarity, permissions, memory and DB-bound routes decide the architecture.
7 min readType-Safe Express APIs with Zod and OpenAPI in One Contract
One contract for type-safe Express APIs: Zod validates requests at the edge and the same schemas emit OpenAPI, so TypeScript types and docs never drift.
3 min read12 Rules of Thumb for Reliable Node.js APIs
Practical Node.js API reliability rules: timeouts, idempotency, transactions, cache invalidation, logging, and dependency latency—before the 3 a.m. page.
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