A clear explanation of the difference between Wide IP (WIP) and Virtual IP (VIP) in modern load balancing, using F5 and NGINX as real-world examples for high-SLA architectures.
Should you build software using frameworks or go vanilla? Explore trade-offs, real-world scenarios, and how experienced engineers make the right choice.
Small improvements compound. Learn how the Boy Scout Rule transforms messy codebases into maintainable systems—without big rewrites.
Learn how modern distributed systems use REST, gRPC, WebSocket, and GraphQL together. Explore architectural tradeoffs, communication patterns, scalability concerns, and real-world API modeling strategies.
Learn how routing, forward proxies, reverse proxies, API Gateways, SSH tunneling, Kubernetes ingress, service meshes, and the Proxy design pattern all fit together. A complete guide for backend and platform engineers.
A practical overview of Google’s engineering style guides and why consistent coding conventions matter when building maintainable software at scale.
A practical guide to applying functional programming in production TypeScript backends, covering project setup, explicit dependencies, runtime contract validation, error handling, generated types, and clean architectural boundaries.