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Software Development

Understanding Consensus Algorithms: What Raft and Paxos Are Actually Solving and Why It Is Difficult
If you have ever configured an etcd cluster for Kubernetes, used CockroachDB, connected to a Consul service registry, or worked…
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Software Development

Understanding API Caching and Its Benefits in Improving Performance and User Experience
Every time a user taps a button, loads a feed, or runs a search, their request travels across a network…
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Software Development

Isolating Noisy Neighbors in Distributed Systems: The Power of Shuffle-Sharding
Every team running a multi-tenant service eventually meets the same uninvited guest: a tenant whose workload quietly monopolizes shared resources,…
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Enterprise Java

Spring Modulith 2.0: Enforcing Module Boundaries Before Microservices
Most Java teams hit a wall sooner or later. The monolith that felt manageable at launch gradually turns into a…
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Core Java

The Java Memory Model Explained: Happens-Before and Concurrency Semantics
There is a quiet assumption embedded in almost every line of Java ever written: that when one thread writes a…
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Core Java

Stop Using Virtual Threads for Everything: Performance Lessons Learned
When JEP 444 landed in Java 21 in September 2023, the reaction across the Java community was unusually enthusiastic. Virtual threads promised…
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Enterprise Java

Kafka Without ZooKeeper (KRaft): What Java Developers Actually Need to Reconfigure
For over a decade, running Apache Kafka in production meant running two distributed systems simultaneously. Kafka handled message streaming; ZooKeeper…
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JavaScript

Getting Started with TensorFlow.js: Running Machine Learning Models in the Browser
Building AI applications no longer requires powerful backend infrastructure or specialised hardware. With advances in browser technologies, developers can now…
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