MirahLabs Engineering Blog
Technical insights, architectural deep-dives, and system designs authored by our product engineers and AI research leads.
Architecting for Disaster Recovery: RTO, RPO, and Pilot Light Strategies
Data loss and outages can devastate businesses. Understand Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point Objective (RPO) and compare cold, warm, and hot recovery setups.
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.
WebSockets vs Server-Sent Events vs Long Polling: Real-Time Web Comparison
Real-time features require different transport mechanisms depending on communication pattern, browser support requirements, and scale. Compare WebSockets, SSE, and long polling with concrete Flask examples.
Database Sharding Strategies: When and How to Shard PostgreSQL
Database sharding distributes data across multiple PostgreSQL instances to scale beyond what a single server can handle. Learn horizontal sharding strategies, Citus, and when sharding is actually necessary.
Diffusion Models Explained: DALL-E 3 and Stable Diffusion Mechanics
Understand the math and mechanics behind modern generative image models: forward diffusion, reverse denoising U-Nets, and classifier-free guidance.
Saga Patterns in Healthcare: Designing Distributed EHR Transaction Pipelines
Distributed microservices cannot rely on database locks. Learn how Saga patterns coordinate multi-step transactions using Orchestration or Choreography workflows.