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Salt and Pepper
How to safely store password in a database. Plus the 3 metrics you need to know to increase the cache hit ratio.
Sep 23
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Franco Fernando
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Leader election
An introduction to leader election algorithms.
Sep 16
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Franco Fernando
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Unique identification
How to generate unique identifiers in a distributed system.
Sep 9
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Franco Fernando
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August 2023
Synchronizing machines
Why synchronize the clock on distributed machines is important. And how to synchronize clocks with the NTP and PTP protocols.
Aug 26
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Franco Fernando
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Binary Search Trees
What are binary search trees. Plus the most common BSTs implementations.
Aug 12
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Franco Fernando
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Remote procedures
An introduction to Remote Procedure Calls (RPCs) and gRPC. Plus a step by step guide to setup gRPC.
Aug 5
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Franco Fernando
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July 2023
Statistics
Why knowledge of statistics is essential also as a software engineer.
Jul 29
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Franco Fernando
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Delivering content
A deep dive into how a content delivery network works. Plus the moving average coding challenge.
Jul 22
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Franco Fernando
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Dynamo
An introduction to Amazon Dynamo DB. Plus what is WebSocket.
Jul 15
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Franco Fernando
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Networking Protocols
A roadmap to computer networking. Plus how TLS protocol works.
Jul 8
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Franco Fernando
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Retaining knowledge
Tactics to use to maximise your learning and retain more knowledge. Plus, how to pick the right data structure between arrays and linked lists.
Jul 1
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Franco Fernando
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June 2023
Cake without eggs
How GitHub code search works. Plus how it is important to know the users' thoughts before launching a product.
Jun 24
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Franco Fernando
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