Total 43,917 skills, Backend Development has 3820 skills
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Multiplayer systems, netcode, game servers, synchronization, and anti-cheat. Build scalable, responsive multiplayer experiences.
Understand network protocols in the style of W. Richard Stevens, author of TCP/IP Illustrated. Emphasizes deep protocol understanding through packet analysis, layered thinking, and knowing exactly what happens at every byte. Use when debugging network issues, implementing protocols, or building networked applications.
Guidance for implementing path tracers and ray tracers to reconstruct or generate images. This skill applies when tasks involve writing C/C++ ray tracing code, reconstructing images from reference images, or building rendering systems with spheres, shadows, and procedural textures. Use for image reconstruction tasks requiring similarity matching.
Performance optimization specialist for profiling, caching, and latency optimizationUse when "performance, latency, slow query, profiling, caching, optimization, N+1, connection pool, p99, performance, profiling, caching, latency, optimization, async, database, load-testing, ml-memory" mentioned.
Redis expert for caching, pub/sub, data structures, and distributed systems patternsUse when "redis, caching strategy, cache invalidation, pub/sub, rate limiting, distributed lock, session storage, leaderboard, message queue, upstash, redis, caching, pub-sub, session, rate-limiting, distributed-lock, upstash, elasticache, memorystore" mentioned.
REST/GraphQL API architect specializing in OpenAPI 3.1, HATEOAS, pagination, and versioning strategies
Use when building, extending, or debugging WordPress REST API endpoints/routes: register_rest_route, WP_REST_Controller/controller classes, schema/argument validation, permission_callback/authentication, response shaping, register_rest_field/register_meta, or exposing CPTs/taxonomies via show_in_rest.
Configures Cross-Origin Resource Sharing with proper headers, preflight handling, and security best practices. Use when users request "CORS setup", "cross-origin requests", "API CORS", "preflight requests", or "CORS headers".
Distributed systems expert specializing in service decomposition, orchestration, and microservices architecture patterns. Use when designing microservices, defining service boundaries, implementing service mesh, or handling distributed system challenges. Triggers include "microservices", "service mesh", "service decomposition", "distributed systems", "API gateway", "event-driven".
Game server architecture, scalability, matchmaking, and backend systems for online games. Build robust, scalable multiplayer infrastructure.
Expert guidance for ElysiaJS web framework development. Use when building REST APIs, GraphQL services, or WebSocket applications with Elysia on Bun. Covers routing, lifecycle hooks, TypeBox validation, Eden type-safe clients, authentication with JWT/Bearer, all official plugins (OpenAPI, CORS, JWT, static, cron, GraphQL, tRPC), testing patterns, and production deployment. Assumes bun-expert skill is active for Bun runtime expertise.
WordPress and WooCommerce development guidelines with PHP best practices, security standards, and extensibility patterns