Mark Lowel Montealto — Full Stack Developer & DevOps Engineer

Mark Lowel
Montealto

Full Stack Developer & DevOps Engineer

Blog

Laravel Queues & Jobs: Background Processing That Scales

July 2025

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2 min read

Offload slow tasks (emails, PDF generation, webhooks) from your request cycle using Laravel Queues, Redis, and Horizon — with retry, failure, and monitoring strategies.

From Expo to Production: Building & Shipping a React Native App

July 2025

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2 min read

Go from a new Expo project to a production React Native app — navigation, API integration, EAS builds, and submitting to the App Store and Google Play.

Core Web Vitals: A Developer's Guide to Web Performance in 2026

July 2025

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3 min read

Understand LCP, INP, and CLS — Google's Core Web Vitals — and fix the real code causes that tank your scores and hurt your search rankings.

Infrastructure as Code with Terraform: Your First AWS Deployment

June 2025

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2 min read

Get started with Terraform: write your first HCL configuration, deploy AWS resources, understand state, and follow the plan/apply workflow — no prior IaC experience needed.

Dockerizing a Next.js App: Multi-Stage Builds for Tiny Images

June 2025

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2 min read

Containerise your Next.js app with a multi-stage Dockerfile that produces a slim production image under 200MB — ready for ECS, Cloud Run, or any container host.

AWS IAM Best Practices for Developers: Least Privilege in Practice

June 2025

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3 min read

Stop using AdministratorAccess everywhere. A practical guide to AWS IAM roles, policies, permission boundaries, and the least-privilege patterns every developer needs.

React Server Components Explained: When (and When Not) to Use Them

May 2025

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3 min read

React Server Components run on the server, cut JS bundle size, and enable direct DB access — but they're not right for every component. Here's the complete picture.

7 useEffect Mistakes Every React Developer Should Stop Making

April 2025

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3 min read

Missing dependencies, infinite loops, stale closures — the 7 most common useEffect pitfalls explained with before-and-after fixes.

Scalable Angular Architecture: Standalone Components & Lazy Loading

March 2025

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2 min read

Architect large Angular apps with standalone components, feature-based folder structure, and route-level lazy loading for faster bundles.

Angular Signals: Practical Reactive State in Angular 19+

February 2025

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2 min read

Learn how Angular Signals replace RxJS for local state, reduce boilerplate, and enable fine-grained change detection in Angular 19+.