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by Hussein Nasser
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About the show
Welcome to the Backend Engineering Show podcast with your host Hussein Nasser. If you like software engineering you’ve come to the right place. I discuss all sorts of software engineering technologies and news with specific focus on the backend. All opinions are my own.
Most of my content in the podcast is an audio version of videos I post on my youtube channel here http://www.youtube.com/c/HusseinNasser-software-engineering
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Latest episodes
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Engineers will be out of the 'Loops'
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SQL was a mistake
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Caching is a cop-out
September 11, 2026 · 16 minIn this episode I explore why you should take some time to examine the operation you are caching before doing so. And why caching is a cop-out
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How open ai agents "hacked" hugging face
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How a query optimization gave birth to infinite scroll
July 10, 2026 · 21 minThe infinite scroll in social media as we know it today is despised by all. But it always start as a bad idea. It originated as a result of UI change to relief the backend database from inefficient queries. I explore this in this episode…
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Postgres is half as fast in Linux 7.0
June 17, 2026 · 34 minAn aws engineer discovered a 50% regression in postgres throughput while testing the new Linux 7.0 kernel. The cause turns out to be massive TLB and page faults exacerbated by Postgres process-based design. In this backend engineering show…
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Don't let AI rob you
June 8, 2026 · 32 minA discussion about why many engineers still love the struggle, the mistakes, and the process of figuring things out themselves. This is how we grow and get better and stronger. Letting AI do everything (even though it can’t) robs us this…
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New Book: Root cause
April 15, 2026 · 10 minI wrote a new book that has been in the works for years. It is called Root Cause, and it is for those who enjoy the art of backend engineering. Early in my career, 20 years ago, I built backend and database applications without fully…