Kelvin Amoaba

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I am Kelvin Amoaba, a software engineer with a passion for building dependable, scalable systems. I am obsessed with delving into technical

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I am Kelvin Amoaba, a software engineer with a passion for building dependable, scalable systems. I am obsessed with delving into technical nuances and discovering the magic hidden beneath the code.

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What Actually Determines a File's Type

Every file format has a specification, “an agreed-upon structure that defines how the bytes in that file are organized”. Just like we have standards for internet protocols, we have standards for file types. When an application opens a PDF or parses a...

Dec 13, 20253 min read

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Obscurity is your biggest enemy

One thing about the current world is that people can decide to be everywhere. With technology, we can all be engaged in matters happening in other parts of the world so far from where we are and also be in touch with people from all over the world. O...

Jun 15, 20252 min read

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Monotonic and Wall Clock Time

Monotonic and wall clock time are two ways we measure time. Wall clock time is the time we see on our clocks. It's the time we are all used to and respond with when someone asks "what time it is?". Monotonic time on the other hand, is one that simply...

Mar 16, 20253 min read

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What does it mean to write your own smtp server?

Writing your own SMTP server basically means that you go by the SMTP RFCSs and make sure that your system responds appropriately to whatever commands that come in from other mail servers. Under the hood, smtp servers are doing the same things with sl...

Jun 17, 20243 min read

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IP Addresses

An IP address is a unique 32-bit address that identifies any device connected to the internet. It is of the form X.X.X.X. Each networked device has a unique IP address attached to it. The definition for the IP address above is that of the IPV4 IP add...

Mar 18, 20244 min read

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Kelvin Amoaba's blogs

Recently published

What Actually Determines a File's Type

Obscurity is your biggest enemy

Monotonic and Wall Clock Time

What does it mean to write your own smtp server?

IP Addresses