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What Is System Design and Architecture?
Backend
8 min read

What Is System Design and Architecture?

Whether you're developing a simple web application or a large distributed system, understanding how software components fit together helps you make better technical decisions from the start.

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Toluwanimi Fawole

7/28/2026

Mastering Spring Security 7 with Spring Boot 4 and Java 21 – Part 7: JWT Authentication and Authorization for Secure REST APIs
Backend
2 min read

Mastering Spring Security 7 with Spring Boot 4 and Java 21 – Part 7: JWT Authentication and Authorization for Secure REST APIs

In this article, we will build a complete JWT-based authentication system using Spring Security 7, Spring Boot 4, and Java 21.

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Ayush Shrivastava

7/27/2026

Mastering Spring Security 7 with Spring Boot 4 and Java 21 – Part 6: Method-Level Security with @PreAuthorize, @PostAuthorize, and @Secured
Backend
4 min read

Mastering Spring Security 7 with Spring Boot 4 and Java 21 – Part 6: Method-Level Security with @PreAuthorize, @PostAuthorize, and @Secured

In this article, we will learn how to implement method-level security in Spring Security 7 using Spring Boot 4 and Java 21.

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Ayush Shrivastava

7/21/2026

Mastering Spring Security 7 with Spring Boot 4 and Java 21 – Part 5: Roles vs Authorities Explained
Backend Projects
4 min read

Mastering Spring Security 7 with Spring Boot 4 and Java 21 – Part 5: Roles vs Authorities Explained

In this article, we will explore role-based and authority-based authorization in Spring Security 7, understand their differences, and implement production-ready access control for REST APIs.

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Ayush Shrivastava

7/20/2026

FastAPI: The Modern Python Framework for Building High-Performance APIs
Python
4 min read

FastAPI: The Modern Python Framework for Building High-Performance APIs

FastAPI is one of the fastest-growing Python web frameworks for building RESTful APIs.

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Ayush Shrivastava

7/17/2026

Writing Your First Python Automation Script
Python
9 min read

Writing Your First Python Automation Script

Writing automation scripts in Python allows you to replace repetitive manual tasks with reliable, reusable code.

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Toluwanimi Fawole

7/14/2026

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