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Designing a Distributed URL Shortener (Optimized for Read Scalability)
May 1 · 4 min read · URL shorteners look simple on the surface: map a short code to a long URL and redirect. At scale, the problem becomes very different. Millions of redirects, hot links going viral, and strict latency r
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Building a Production-Grade Authentication Service (From Scratch)
Mar 28 · 4 min read · Most authentication tutorials stop at “generate a JWT and you’re done.” That’s not how real systems work. I wanted to understand authentication deeply, not just use libraries, so I built a production-
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