
System Design: Building a Distributed Rate Limiter
Rate limiting is critical for API reliability and security. Explore the system design tradeoffs between Token Bucket, Leaky Bucket, and Sliding Window algorithms in distributed environments.
Stories, tutorials, and deep dives spanning across diverse worlds.

Rate limiting is critical for API reliability and security. Explore the system design tradeoffs between Token Bucket, Leaky Bucket, and Sliding Window algorithms in distributed environments.

Scaling an API under massive load requires more than just basic GET/SET operations. Discover advanced Redis caching patterns to handle millions of requests gracefully.

The hidden pitfalls of serverless architectures in 2026: cold start latency, database connection exhaustion, unexpected cloud bills, and mitigations.

Master modern database sharding architectures: horizontal partitioning, range vs hash keys, cross-shard joins, distributed 2PC, and vitess scaling.

GraphQL vs gRPC in 2026: architectural trade-offs, Protobuf binary encoding vs JSON, HTTP/2 multiplexing, and the optimal BFF hybrid pattern.

Exploring how Edge Computing has matured beyond CDNs, powering modern applications from real-time AI inference to distributed multiplayer gaming.
Showing 1-6 of 16 posts