Technical Articles

Current articles on trends, technologies and best practices in software development.

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Title of an article about efficient MongoDB connections in Vercel and Payload reusing database connections across serverless function invocations to avoid cold-start penalties.

April 17, 2026

Efficient MongoDB Connections in Payload on Vercel

This article shows how to manage MongoDB Atlas connections for Payload CMS on Vercel using the afterOpenConnection hook together with Vercel's attachDatabasePool, so serverless functions release idle connections before they suspend.

Payload CMS MongoDB
Portrait of a young man with short brown hair and blue shirt in front of a green, lush landscape.

Jens Becker
Screenshot of a presentation slide titled 'Setup Claude Code Inside Cursor with WSL on Windows' with logos of Claude, Cursor, and Windows.

June 21, 2025

Setup Claude Code Inside Cursor with WSL on Windows

This article shows how to set up Claude Code inside Cursor using WSL on Windows, covering installation, IDE integration, and filesystem setup for optimal performance.

Claude Code Cursor
Grafic about hosting media in Payload CMS with Hetzner S3 Object Storage, featuring the logos of Payload, Hetzner, and JHB.

May 30, 2025

Hosting Media in Payload CMS with Hetzner S3 Object Storage

This article covers how to integrate Hetzner Object Storage as a media backend for Payload CMS, including client-side uploads and CORS configuration for Vercel deployments.

Payload CMS
Grafic titled 'The Power of Virtual Fields in Payload CMS', with a dark background and diagrams illustrating code functions.

December 17, 2024

The Power of Virtual Fields in Payload CMS

Virtual fields in Payload CMS are dynamically computed, read-only fields that derive their value at runtime. This article covers use cases like full name generation and estimated reading time, with no redundant data stored.

Payload CMS