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How Prisma's ILIKE silently broke Chinese text searches in PostgreSQL and the Unicode equivalence pitfalls that followed.
Software Engineer · Open to new opportunities
Hey, I'm Alex Peng
Seven years building full-stack products at Touchbistro, Jobber, Scotiabank, and BMO. I care about shipping reliable software, clean APIs, and code that holds up. Currently looking for my next role — download my resume or reach out directly.
7+years of experience
TypeScriptReact · Node.js · Rails
PostgreSQLRedis · GraphQL
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Most developers know indexes make queries faster. Fewer know why, or when adding one makes things worse.- Published on
Conditional types, mapped types, and template literal types, the TypeScript features that separate good type definitions from great ones.- Published on
Two concepts every backend engineer should understand deeply before their APIs go to production.- Published on
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