Andrius Lukminas
37 articles published
FeaturedBuilding a Production Deployment Pipeline from Scratch
How we built a complete CI/CD pipeline with Docker multi-stage builds, Kubernetes deployments, real-time log streaming, and GitHub Actions webhooks — all managed through a single dashboard.
FeaturedSecurity Update: React2Shell (CVE-2025-55182) Audit Complete
We completed a full security audit for the critical React2Shell vulnerability (CVE-2025-55182, CVSS 10.0). Boottify is confirmed NOT VULNERABLE — patched versions, no Server Actions, and verified by multiple scanners.
From 7 God Files to Zero: Refactoring a 162K-Line Codebase
How we identified and eliminated all 7 files over 500 lines, created shared hooks and components, and brought our entire codebase under control without breaking anything in production.
Why 2026 Is the Year Nobody Trusts a Single Cloud
Major outages, aggressive pricing changes, and AI-driven workload diversity are pushing teams toward multi-cloud. Here's why the single-cloud era is ending and what a realistic multi-cloud strategy looks like.
The SaaS Downtime Crisis: 156 Major Incidents and What to Do About It
SaaS outages increased 69% year-over-year with 9,255 hours of degraded service across major platforms. Here's the data, the patterns, and the protection strategies every SaaS operator needs.
Kubernetes + AI Workloads: How SRE Is Being Pushed to Its Limit
GPU scheduling, bursty inference traffic, and multi-terabyte model weights are breaking traditional SRE assumptions. Here's how Kubernetes and the SRE discipline are adapting to the AI workload era.
FeaturedFrom Hardcoded Colors to Design Tokens: Standardizing 3,796 Instances
How we migrated 148 files from hardcoded hex color values to CSS custom properties, the design token mapping system we built, and why this was one of the most impactful refactors we've done.
Accessibility First: SkipLinks, ARIA Landmarks & Semantic HTML
Why accessibility isn't optional for SaaS platforms, how we implemented SkipLink navigation, ARIA landmarks across all 3 layouts, and the keyboard navigation improvements that make Boottify usable for everyone.
End-to-End Testing with Playwright: 40 Tests & Counting
How we set up Playwright for a complex Next.js 16 SaaS platform, why we inject database sessions instead of logging in through forms, and how 40 tests across 5 spec files give us confidence to ship fast.
FeaturedRate Limiting Every Auth Endpoint: A Security Deep Dive
Why we added rate limiting to all 23 authentication API routes, the 5-tier system we designed, and how an in-memory sliding window approach protects against brute force without adding infrastructure overhead.
FeaturedIntroducing the Admin Legal Pages Editor
Easily manage your Privacy Policy and Terms of Service with our new rich text editor. No more code changes needed for legal updates.
Mobile-First Tables: Fixing Touch-Scroll Conflicts
How we solved the classic mobile UX problem where horizontal scroll conflicts with tap actions — and shipped a single component that auto-fixed 15+ admin tables across the platform.