Articles & Technical Insights by Anurag Shankar Maurya

Technical guides, architectural blueprints, and deep-dives on Android engineering, Generative AI, and full-stack development by Anurag Shankar Maurya.

How to Maximize Your AI Coworker with Minimal Token Usage

2026-08-17 • 5 min read • Category: Generative AI & LLM Integration

Every message you send to an AI model processes your entire chat history, rapidly burning through your rate limits. By mastering prompt caching, structuring one-shot instructions, and knowing when to reset your thread, you can get significantly higher output while cutting your token consumption in half.

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Architecting an Enterprise-Grade CMS with Django: Beyond the Basics

2026-07-09 • 18 min read • Category: Django Backend Development

Building a CMS for a small blog is simple; building one for an enterprise is a different beast. Learn how to implement multi-tenancy, granular RBAC, content versioning, and a scalable "Page-Component" architecture to handle thousands of pages and hundreds of editors.

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SEO Checklist: Before & After Deployment

2026-06-21 • 5 min read • Category: Full-Stack AI Applications

Launching a new website or shipping major updates? Use this comprehensive technical SEO checklist before and after deployment to ensure seamless search visibility, protect link equity, and prevent ranking drops.

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Software Engineering: Efficiency vs. Effectiveness

2026-06-17 • 14 min read • Category: Software Engineering Best Practices

In software engineering, doing things fast isn't the same as doing the right things. Evolve your mindset from outputs to outcomes, learn key traits of effective engineers, and discover how to build high-impact team environments.

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Understanding AI vs. AI Agents vs. Agentic AI

2026-06-13 • 5 min read • Category: Generative AI & LLM Integration

We have reached peak prompt fatigue. If your current workflow involves staring at a blank chat box, manually copying and pasting responses, you are already lagging behind. Discover the critical architectural shift from passive models to self-correcting, autonomous agentic systems.

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Nginx configuration for Django: Production-ready setup

2026-01-19 • 5 min read • Category: DevOps & Deployment

Learn how to configure Nginx as a reverse proxy for Django applications. This guide covers server block configuration, SSL/TLS setup, caching strategies, gzip compression, security headers, performance optimization, and load balancing for production deployments.

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Dockerizing Django applications: Complete guide

2026-01-19 • 5 min read • Category: DevOps & Deployment

Learn how to containerize Django applications with Docker. Discover Dockerfile best practices, multi-stage builds, environment configurations, Docker Compose, security considerations, and production deployment strategies.

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Django + React: Full-Stack Architecture and Best Practices

2026-01-19 • 11 min read • Category: Django Backend Development

Master the art of building scalable full-stack applications with Django and React. Learn about project structure, API integration, state management, deployment strategies, and production-ready best practices for modern web development.

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Building RAG Systems from Scratch: A Comprehensive Guide

2026-01-19 • 12 min read • Category: Generative AI & LLM Integration

Learn how to build Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems from the ground up. Discover the architecture, key components, implementation strategies, and best practices for creating AI systems that combine retrieval and generation.

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Introduction to Prompt Engineering: Best Practices

2026-01-19 • 14 min read • Category: Generative AI & LLM Integration

Master the art of prompt engineering to unlock the full potential of AI language models. Learn proven techniques, best practices, and strategies to craft effective prompts that generate high-quality responses from GPT-4, Claude, and other LLMs.

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Django WSGI vs ASGI: When to use what

2026-01-19 • 10 min read • Category: Django Backend Development

Understand the differences between WSGI and ASGI in Django. Learn when to use WSGI for traditional synchronous applications and when to switch to ASGI for asynchronous, real-time features like WebSockets and concurrent connections.

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Building RESTful APIs with Django REST Framework

2026-01-19 • 12 min read • Category: Django Backend Development

Master the art of building robust and scalable RESTful APIs using Django REST Framework. Learn best practices for serialization, authentication, permissions, pagination, and testing to create production-ready APIs.

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