https://blogs.joshuaantony.com/tags/backend/Recent content in Backend on Joshua Antony | Tech BlogHugoen-usWed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://blogs.joshuaantony.com/posts/stop-returning-200-ok-for-everything/Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://blogs.joshuaantony.com/posts/stop-returning-200-ok-for-everything/HTTP status codes are a contract consumed by clients, load balancers, monitoring, and caches. When you return 200 OK for partial failures, every one of these systems is blind.https://blogs.joshuaantony.com/posts/playwright-is-not-a-backend-api-testing-tool/Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://blogs.joshuaantony.com/posts/playwright-is-not-a-backend-api-testing-tool/Using Playwright for backend API testing in a Spring Boot repo is not reuse – it’s dual-stack maintenance. The right tool depends on what you’re verifying, not what you already have installed.