PinnedI Rewrote a Production Go Service in Rust — It Broke Everything, Then Broke RecordsMigrating a critical, production‑grade microservice from Go to Rust was one of the hardest engineering challenges our team has ever faced…Apr 236Apr 236
PinnedThis One Kafka Design Pattern Changed Everything for UsWhen we first adopted Kafka, we treated it like a message queue. Producers dumped events, consumers picked them up, and life went on —…Apr 625Apr 625
PinnedKubernetes Without Docker Is the Future — Are You Ready?Docker is no longer part of Kubernetes — here’s what that really means and how you should prepare.Apr 817Apr 817
From Junior to Architect: The Design Patterns That Changed My ThinkingWhen I started my career as a junior Java developer, I thought design patterns were optional — something for enterprise architects or…3h ago3h ago
Inside the Architecture of a 10M Daily Active User System (HLD Breakdown)Most engineers dream of building a system that serves millions. But scaling to 10 million daily active users (DAUs) isn’t just about more…8h ago8h ago
How a Weekend Go Hack Turned Into Our Most Valuable Startup AssetIt started with a problem we couldn’t ignore — a performance bottleneck that had quietly been costing us users, trust, and ultimately…1d ago1d ago
Why Go Is the Only Language We Trust for High-Throughput APIsIn the early days of scaling our systems, we tried a bit of everything: Python for its speed of development, Java for its tooling, even…2d ago2d ago
Memory Safety, Threading, and Performance: Rust’s Triple ThreatIn the world of systems programming, most languages ask you to pick two: performance, safety, or concurrency. C gives you speed and control…2d ago2d ago
Application-Level vs CDN-Level Caching: What You Should Cache WhereWhen we first started scaling traffic on one of our web applications, we noticed something strange. Our backend services were robust, the…2d ago12d ago1
Leader? Follower? ISR? If These Kafka Terms Confuse You, Read ThisIf you’re working with Apache Kafka and keep bumping into terms like Leader, Follower, or ISR, you’re not alone. These are fundamental…3d ago3d ago