MirahLabs Engineering Blog
Technical insights, tutorials, and architectures written by our design and backend engineers.
Microservices vs Monolith: Choosing the Right Architecture for Your Stage
The microservices vs. monolith debate isn't one-size-fits-all. This guide helps engineering teams choose the right architecture based on team size, scale, and product maturity.
Recommender Systems: Collaborative Filtering to Deep Learning Architectures
Explore the evolution of recommender systems, from simple matrix factorization algorithms to deep neural networks like Wide & Deep and Two-Tower architectures.
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.
CQRS and Event Sourcing: Patterns for High-Throughput Systems
CQRS (Command Query Responsibility Segregation) and Event Sourcing are powerful patterns for systems that need separate read and write optimization. Learn how they work together.
Saga Orchestration vs. Choreography in Distributed Transactions
Distributed microservices cannot rely on database locks. Learn how Saga patterns coordinate multi-step transactions using Orchestration or Choreography workflows.
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.