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How to safely store password in a database. Plus the 3 metrics you need to know to increase the cache hit ratio.
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Leader election
An introduction to leader election algorithms.
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Unique identification
How to generate unique identifiers in a distributed system.
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Synchronizing machines
Why synchronize the clock on distributed machines is important. And how to synchronize clocks with the NTP and PTP protocols.
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Binary Search Trees
What are binary search trees. Plus the most common BSTs implementations.
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Remote procedures
An introduction to Remote Procedure Calls (RPCs) and gRPC. Plus a step by step guide to setup gRPC.
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Statistics
Why knowledge of statistics is essential also as a software engineer.
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Delivering content
A deep dive into how a content delivery network works. Plus the moving average coding challenge.
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