MirahLabs Engineering Blog
Technical insights, architectural deep-dives, and system designs authored by our product engineers and AI research leads.
Cache Invalidation Strategies: Write-Through, Write-Behind, and Cache-Aside
There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and gaming names. Demystify write-through, write-behind, and cache-aside patterns.
API Versioning Strategies: URL, Header, and Media Type Versioning Compared
Changing API behaviors can break client integrations. Compare URL-based, custom header, and content-negotiation API versioning strategies.
The Outbox Pattern: Guaranteeing Eventual Consistency in Distributed Systems
Updating a database and publishing an event to a message broker in a single action often leads to race conditions. Use the Outbox Pattern to guarantee dual-write consistency.
Designing Notification Systems at Scale: Push, Email, SMS, and In-App
Notification systems are deceptively complex at scale. Learn how to design a unified notification engine that handles push, email, SMS, and in-app notifications with preference management, rate limiting, and retry logic.
Designing High-Availability Systems: Active-Active vs. Active-Passive Configurations
Maximize uptime for mission-critical applications. Compare active-active and active-passive cluster topologies, load balancing, and failover mechanics.
Hexagonal Architecture (Ports and Adapters) in Python Flask
Hexagonal architecture separates your business logic from infrastructure concerns. Learn how to structure Flask applications with clean boundaries between domain, application, and infrastructure layers.