Archive - Alex Fadeev

Practical Tech Stack for Solo Developers (2025)

Consider these opinionated, lightweight choices that help you move quickly without wasting time on operations

Sep 29 •

Practical REST API Pitfalls (and How to Stop Tripping Over Them)

Short guide for devs who want APIs that survive production — readable, predictable, and maintainable.

Sep 25 •

Keep It Simple First: When Microservices Hurt More Than They Help

Why starting with many services can slow a startup down — and a practical playbook to avoid that trap

Sep 22 •

Defending LLM-powered apps: why prompt injection should worry you

How attacker-crafted input can hijack model-powered tools — and practical ways to reduce the risk

Sep 19 •

When Your Vector Search Feels Slow — What’s Really Going On

Index choices, hardware trade-offs, and embedding effects that determine real-world latency

Sep 9 •

Hardened LLMs: Practical Security Patterns for Deploying Safe AI

A concise playbook for the vulnerabilities LLMs introduce and the layered controls that actually reduce risk

Sep 4 •

How Placement Changes Prompt-Injection Risk

A focused, developer-friendly walkthrough showing how an adversary’s success depends on which chat role (system / assistant / user) holds the malicious…

Sep 1 •

August 2025

Navigating Security Gaps in Model Context Protocol

What every developer working with MCP should be aware of and how to stay safer

Aug 22 •

July 2025

Guarding Large Language Models From Prompt Injection Attacks

How malicious instructions slip through everyday data—and seven practical defenses

Jul 30 •

Master Secrets Management: A Checklist for Every Cloud Stage

From first deployment to multi-cloud scale, here’s a step-by-step playbook for keeping credentials safe and developers productive.

Jul 24 •

May 2025

Crypto Drainers: Understanding the Threat Landscape

How Cybercriminals Leverage Ready-made Tools to Steal Cryptocurrency—and What You Can Do to Protect Yourself

May 27 •

The Hidden Dangers of AI Note-Taking Apps: A Cautionary Tale

How a Hardcoded API Key in Granola AI Exposed Users’ Private Meeting Transcripts

May 26 •

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