Personal Blog

Notes from the backend trenches.

Long-form writing on distributed systems, scalable architectures, AI integrations, Python internals and the lessons learned shipping software that runs in production — also a personal log where I capture what I learn day to day so I don't lose it along the way.

Gastón Gaitan
Gastón Gaitan
Apr 20, 2026
Que es CORS?
Que es CORS?

CORS es un mecanismo de seguridad del navegador que regula las solicitudes entre dominios distintos.

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Gastón Gaitan
Gastón Gaitan
Dec 23, 2025
Indices en SQL
Indices en SQL

Concepto crucial para saber como mejorar el rendimiento de nuestras consultas.

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Gastón Gaitan
Gastón Gaitan
Aug 30, 2025
Websockets
Websockets

Bidirectional communication channel between client and server over a single TCP connection

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Gastón Gaitan
Gastón Gaitan
Jul 18, 2025
N + 1 problem
N + 1 problem

An issue that all back-end developers will face sooner or later, related to databases.

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