A private-first engineering knowledge base for backend, AI infrastructure, production systems, and technical learning notes.https://notes.bianrui.net/https://notes.bianrui.net/blog/ai-infrastructure-learning-os/https://notes.bianrui.net/blog/ai-infrastructure-learning-os/A personal operating system for turning backend and AI infrastructure learning into durable, searchable engineering knowledge.Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notes.bianrui.net/papers/paper-note-template/https://notes.bianrui.net/papers/paper-note-template/A reusable paper note structure for extracting engineering decisions from AI systems research.Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notes.bianrui.net/cheatsheets/db-design-checklist/https://notes.bianrui.net/cheatsheets/db-design-checklist/A checklist for choosing and shaping relational or document data models.Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notes.bianrui.net/cheatsheets/docker-production-checklist/https://notes.bianrui.net/cheatsheets/docker-production-checklist/A checklist for production-friendly Docker images and container runtime behavior.Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notes.bianrui.net/cheatsheets/api-design-checklist/https://notes.bianrui.net/cheatsheets/api-design-checklist/A practical checklist for reliable HTTP API design.Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notes.bianrui.net/cheatsheets/fastapi-production-checklist/https://notes.bianrui.net/cheatsheets/fastapi-production-checklist/A compact checklist for taking a FastAPI service from useful prototype to production-ready backend.Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notes.bianrui.net/cheatsheets/gcp-cloud-run-checklist/https://notes.bianrui.net/cheatsheets/gcp-cloud-run-checklist/A deployment checklist for containerized backend services on Google Cloud Run.Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notes.bianrui.net/cheatsheets/llm-api-reliability-checklist/https://notes.bianrui.net/cheatsheets/llm-api-reliability-checklist/A checklist for integrating external LLM and model APIs safely.Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notes.bianrui.net/cheatsheets/mongodb-data-modeling-checklist/https://notes.bianrui.net/cheatsheets/mongodb-data-modeling-checklist/A checklist for deciding when to embed, reference, index, and evolve MongoDB documents.Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notes.bianrui.net/cheatsheets/observability-reliability-checklist/https://notes.bianrui.net/cheatsheets/observability-reliability-checklist/A checklist for making backend services debuggable before they are painful.Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notes.bianrui.net/cheatsheets/postgres-production-checklist/https://notes.bianrui.net/cheatsheets/postgres-production-checklist/A compact checklist for Postgres-backed backend services.Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notes.bianrui.net/cheatsheets/kubernetes-operational-checklist/https://notes.bianrui.net/cheatsheets/kubernetes-operational-checklist/A small operational checklist for Kubernetes services and AI workloads.Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notes.bianrui.net/cheatsheets/secrets-management-checklist/https://notes.bianrui.net/cheatsheets/secrets-management-checklist/A checklist for safely handling API keys, database credentials, and service secrets.Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notes.bianrui.net/docs/api-design-for-backend-services/https://notes.bianrui.net/docs/api-design-for-backend-services/A compact mental model for designing reliable, boring, useful APIs.Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notes.bianrui.net/docs/backend-ai-infrastructure-roadmap/https://notes.bianrui.net/docs/backend-ai-infrastructure-roadmap/A role-readiness roadmap for backend, cloud, data, AI API, and production infrastructure skills.Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notes.bianrui.net/docs/database-design-mental-models/https://notes.bianrui.net/docs/database-design-mental-models/A durable set of data modeling questions for relational and document databases.Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notes.bianrui.net/docs/cloudflare-pages-deployment-runbook/https://notes.bianrui.net/docs/cloudflare-pages-deployment-runbook/A deployment checklist for publishing the knowledge base to Cloudflare Pages and mapping notes.bianrui.net.Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notes.bianrui.net/docs/gcp-for-backend-engineers/https://notes.bianrui.net/docs/gcp-for-backend-engineers/A backend-focused map of Google Cloud services for APIs, data, jobs, secrets, and observability.Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notes.bianrui.net/docs/kubernetes-basics-for-ai-workloads/https://notes.bianrui.net/docs/kubernetes-basics-for-ai-workloads/A practical map of Kubernetes concepts that matter for backend and AI infrastructure work.Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notes.bianrui.net/docs/llm-api-integration-patterns/https://notes.bianrui.net/docs/llm-api-integration-patterns/Reliability patterns for OpenAI, Anthropic, OpenRouter, and other model APIs.Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notes.bianrui.net/docs/dockerfile-patterns-for-python-apis/https://notes.bianrui.net/docs/dockerfile-patterns-for-python-apis/Practical Dockerfile patterns for FastAPI and Python services.Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notes.bianrui.net/docs/mongodb-data-modeling-notes/https://notes.bianrui.net/docs/mongodb-data-modeling-notes/A document-database mental model for aggregates, embedding, references, indexes, and operational tradeoffs.Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notes.bianrui.net/docs/observability-reliability-basics/https://notes.bianrui.net/docs/observability-reliability-basics/A backend engineer's starting point for logs, metrics, traces, alerts, and incident-ready systems.Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notes.bianrui.net/docs/secrets-iam-rbac-mental-model/https://notes.bianrui.net/docs/secrets-iam-rbac-mental-model/A practical way to reason about identity, permissions, secrets, and access boundaries.Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notes.bianrui.net/docs/postgres-production-notes/https://notes.bianrui.net/docs/postgres-production-notes/Operational Postgres concepts for backend engineers: schemas, indexes, transactions, migrations, and reliability.Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notes.bianrui.net/learning-log/week-1-backend-infrastructure-ramp/https://notes.bianrui.net/learning-log/week-1-backend-infrastructure-ramp/A first weekly learning log for backend, deployment, security, observability, and AI infrastructure readiness.Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notes.bianrui.net/projects/bianrui-knowledge-architecture/https://notes.bianrui.net/projects/bianrui-knowledge-architecture/A short architecture note for the personal knowledge base itself.Sun, 28 Jun 2026 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