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File Upload Infrastructure Decisions Every Early-Stage CTO Faces

1d ago · 12 min read · At some point in a company’s early stage, a small question comes up: how should we handle file uploads? At first, it may look like a simple feature. You might just want users to upload profile picture

File Delivery Performance Optimisation for Growing Startups

3d ago · 14 min read · You launch your product, people start signing up, and everything seems to be going well. But after some time, your file delivery system starts slowing things down. Uploads may fail when too many users

Handling Every File Type Students Upload to Your Learning

Mar 6 · 13 min read · When a student clicks “Submit,” your platform has to handle whatever comes in: maybe a blurry photo of a handwritten assignment, a 2GB video presentation, a .zip folder packed with Python scripts, or

How Engineering Teams Ship Assignment Submission Portals in Hours

Mar 3 · 11 min read · When a team is asked to “quickly build a submission portal,” it sounds easy at first. You might think it will take just a couple of sprints. But once you start working on it, things get complicated. H

Microservices Architecture for Modular EdTech File Processing

Feb 27 · 15 min read · If you’re building or scaling a learning management system, you’ve probably seen this: exam week arrives, thousands of students upload assignments at once, and the system starts to slow down or crash.