MirahLabs Engineering Blog
Technical insights, tutorials, and architectures written by our design and backend engineers.
OWASP Top 10 2024: What's Changed and How to Fix Each Vulnerability
The OWASP Top 10 is the definitive guide to web application security. This article covers the 2024 edition's changes, real-world attack examples, and practical mitigations for each vulnerability.
Load Testing Your API with Locust: From Basics to CI Integration
Load testing reveals performance bottlenecks before your users do. Learn how to write realistic Locust test scenarios, interpret results, and integrate load tests into your CI/CD pipeline.
gRPC vs REST vs GraphQL: Choosing the Right API Protocol
REST is the default, but gRPC excels for internal microservice communication and GraphQL shines for complex client-driven queries. This guide helps you choose the right protocol for each use case.
Async Python with asyncio and aiohttp: Building High-Concurrency APIs
Python's asyncio enables non-blocking I/O that handles thousands of concurrent connections with a single thread. Learn async patterns, event loops, and building async REST APIs.
API Gateway Design: Rate Limiting, Auth, and Routing at Scale
An API gateway is the front door to your microservices. This guide covers designing gateways with token-based auth, dynamic routing, rate limiting, and circuit breakers.
Designing RESTful APIs: Best Practices for Consistency and Usability
A poorly designed API is a liability—developers avoid it, bugs multiply, and breaking changes cause outages. This guide covers REST naming conventions, versioning, error formats, and documentation with OpenAPI.