MirahLabs Engineering Blog
Technical insights, architectural deep-dives, and system designs authored by our product engineers and AI research leads.
Understanding Serverless Databases: Amazon Aurora Serverless v2 vs. CockroachDB
Serverless databases decouple storage and compute to scale automatically. Compare Amazon Aurora Serverless v2 and CockroachDB Serverless for elasticity and global distribution.
Serverless Architecture with AWS Lambda: When to Use It and When to Avoid It
Serverless reduces operational overhead dramatically, but it's not suitable for every workload. Understand Lambda cold starts, concurrency limits, cost profiles, and ideal use cases.
CI Pipeline Optimization: Cutting Build Times by 70%
Slow CI pipelines kill developer momentum. Learn how to use layer caching, parallelization, test splitting, and selective testing to cut your pipeline from 20 minutes to under 6.
Nginx as a Reverse Proxy for Flask: Configuration, SSL, and Performance
Nginx sits in front of your Flask app in production, handling SSL termination, static files, request buffering, and load balancing. Learn the optimal Nginx configuration for Flask deployments.
Multi-Region Deployment Strategies for High Availability
Running applications across multiple cloud regions protects against regional outages and reduces latency for global users. Learn active-active, active-passive, and data residency strategies.
Designing for Failure: Chaos Engineering with Chaos Monkey
Netflix's Chaos Monkey intentionally kills production systems to build teams and infrastructure that are genuinely resilient. Learn how to implement chaos engineering principles in your own stack.