I Spent a Day Digging Into Linux's Filesystem and Found Some Really Weird StuffI Spent a Day Digging Into Linux's Filesystem and Found Some Really Weird Stuff Okay so here's what happened. I was just messing around on a Linux machine — not doing anything specific, just exploringMay 5 · 11 min readasifansari.hashnode.dev
Understanding HTML Tags and ElementsThe full form of HTML is HyperText Markup Language. We can call HTML the skeleton of a webpage. Just as a body's structure is impossible without a skeleton, the structure of a webpage cannot be created without HTML. HTML tells the browser where the h...Jan 28 · 3 min readasifansari.hashnode.dev
TCP vs UDP: When to Use What, and How TCP Relates to HTTPTCP vs. UDP: When, Why, and How to Use Them (and the Role of HTTP) Sending data over the internet requires rules, just like road rules. Without rules, data can get lost or arrive out of order. Protocols like TCP and UDP exist to solve this problem. ...Jan 27 · 2 min readasifansari.hashnode.dev
Understanding Network Devices: Modem, Router, Switch, Firewall & Load Balancer ExplainedIn today's world, whether you use your home Wi-Fi or your office network, the internet doesn't come directly to your phone/laptop through a simple "wire." There are several important network devices in between that determine how the internet signal a...Jan 22 · 5 min readasifansari.hashnode.dev
How DNS Resolution Works (Root → TLD → Authoritative)The Domain Name System (DNS) is a fundamental Internet mechanism that converts website names into IP addresses. When you type www.google.com in your browser, The computer actually understands 142.250.190.14 (an IP address). The job of DNS (Domain Nam...Jan 22 · 3 min readasifansari.hashnode.dev
