MirahLabs Engineering Blog
Technical insights, tutorials, and architectures written by our design and backend engineers.
The Staff Engineer's Guide to Technical Decision Making
Staff engineers are expected to make decisions that impact the entire organization. Learn how to use RFCs, Architecture Decision Records, decision matrices, and influence without authority to drive good technical outcomes.
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.
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.
Writing Clean Code: SOLID Principles with Python Examples
SOLID principles are the foundation of maintainable object-oriented code. This guide explains each principle with practical Python examples and shows how they prevent the most common design problems.
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.
Zero Trust Security Architecture for Cloud-Native Applications
Zero Trust replaces the 'trust but verify' perimeter model with 'never trust, always verify.' Learn how to implement Zero Trust principles using mTLS, identity-aware proxies, and micro-segmentation.