Event-Driven Architecture on GCP: Mastering Cloud Pub/Sub for Real-Time Systems

Google Cloud Pub/Sub provides the foundation for event-driven architectures at any scale, offering globally distributed messaging with exactly-once delivery semantics and sub-second latency. This comprehensive guide explores Pub/Sub’s enterprise capabilities. Cloud Pub/Sub Architecture Overview Pub/Sub Architecture: Topics, Subscriptions, and Delivery Guarantees Pub/Sub implements a publish-subscribe pattern where publishers send messages to topics and subscribers receive […]

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FHIR API Security Part 1: Foundation & Authentication

Executive Summary Part 1 of 2: Foundation & Authentication 🏥 HEALTHCARE INTEROPERABILITY SERIES This article is part of a comprehensive series on healthcare data standards and interoperability. HL7 v2: The Messaging Standard That Powers Healthcare IT Building GDPR-Compliant FHIR APIs: A European Healthcare … EMR Modernization: Migrating from Legacy HL7 v2 to FHIR HL7 v3: […]

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The Hidden Tax on Innovation: Why FinOps Is the Most Important Discipline You’re Probably Ignoring

Every organization eventually faces the same uncomfortable realization: their cloud bill has become a runaway train. What starts as a modest monthly expense metastasizes into millions of dollars in annual spend, with nobody quite able to explain where all the money goes. FinOps Framework Overview The Three Pillars of FinOps The FinOps Foundation defines three […]

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Multi-turn Conversation Design: Building Natural Dialogue Systems with LLMs

Introduction: Multi-turn conversations are where LLM applications become truly useful. Users don’t just ask single questions—they refine, follow up, reference previous context, and expect the assistant to remember what was discussed. Building effective multi-turn systems requires careful attention to context management, history compression, turn-taking logic, and graceful handling of topic changes. This guide covers practical […]

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LLM Model Selection: Choosing the Right Model for Every Task

Introduction: Choosing the right LLM for your task is one of the most impactful decisions you’ll make. Use a model that’s too small and you’ll get poor quality. Use one that’s too large and you’ll burn through budget while waiting for slow responses. The landscape changes constantly—new models launch monthly, pricing shifts, and capabilities evolve. […]

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Structured Generation Techniques: Getting Reliable JSON from LLMs

Introduction: Getting LLMs to output valid JSON, XML, or other structured formats is surprisingly difficult. Models hallucinate extra fields, forget closing brackets, and produce malformed output that breaks downstream systems. Prompt engineering helps but doesn’t guarantee valid output. This guide covers techniques for reliable structured generation: using native JSON mode and structured outputs, constrained decoding […]

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