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title: "Siddhant Gorte (@siddhantgorte) | Hashnode"
description: "Full-stack, AI and cybersecurity - my tech playground. Read the latest articles by Siddhant Gorte on Hashnode."
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# Siddhant Gorte

@siddhantgorte · Mumbai · Joined August 2025

Full-stack, AI and cybersecurity - my tech playground

### [React Hooks Masterclass: useState, useEffect, and Custom Hooks](https://techwithsiddhant.hashnode.dev/react-hooks-masterclass-usestate-useeffect-and-custom-hooks?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Learn React Hooks from the ground up. Understand useState, re-renders, useEffect, dependency arrays, cleanup, Custom Hooks, etc.

19 min read · [techwithsiddhant.hashnode.dev](https://techwithsiddhant.hashnode.dev/react-hooks-masterclass-usestate-useeffect-and-custom-hooks?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Aug 31](https://hashnode.com/posts/react-hooks-masterclass-usestate-useeffect-and-custom-hooks/6a95c0fe1b2d0201060ba62b)

### [How React Works Internally: Virtual DOM, Reconciliation, and Rendering](https://techwithsiddhant.hashnode.dev/how-react-works-internally-virtual-dom-reconciliation-and-rendering?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Learn how React works internally, from the Virtual DOM & re-rendering to reconciliation, diffing, keys, render &commit phases & browser updates.

17 min read · [techwithsiddhant.hashnode.dev](https://techwithsiddhant.hashnode.dev/how-react-works-internally-virtual-dom-reconciliation-and-rendering?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Aug 31](https://hashnode.com/posts/how-react-works-internally-virtual-dom-reconciliation-and-rendering/6a95bfa9c34a679ad3a177b8)

### [Realtime Systems: Polling, WebSockets, SSE, and Pub/Sub](https://techwithsiddhant.hashnode.dev/realtime-systems-polling-websockets-sse-and-pub-sub?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Learn how realtime systems work with polling, long polling, SSE, WebSockets, and Pub/Sub. Understand their differences, tradeoffs, scalability, etc.

18 min read · [techwithsiddhant.hashnode.dev](https://techwithsiddhant.hashnode.dev/realtime-systems-polling-websockets-sse-and-pub-sub?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Aug 31](https://hashnode.com/posts/realtime-systems-polling-websockets-sse-and-pub-sub/6a95be55c309517fe5d8ed10)

### [Building Scalable Systems: Caching, Rate Limiting and Observability](https://techwithsiddhant.hashnode.dev/building-scalable-systems-caching-rate-limiting-and-observability?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

What happens when your application suddenly gets 1 million users? Maybe everything works perfectly when you have 100 users. Then your application becomes popular. Suddenly: 100 users ↓ 1,000 users

19 min read · [techwithsiddhant.hashnode.dev](https://techwithsiddhant.hashnode.dev/building-scalable-systems-caching-rate-limiting-and-observability?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Aug 31](https://hashnode.com/posts/building-scalable-systems-caching-rate-limiting-and-observability/6a95bbfe79b0cf42be97967d)

### [Kafka Explained Like You're 5: Events, Partitions, and Consumer Groups](https://techwithsiddhant.hashnode.dev/kafka-explained-like-you-re-5-events-partitions-and-consumer-groups?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Learn Kafka from the ground up with simple examples. Understand events, topics, partitions, brokers, consumer groups, scalability, replayability, etc

16 min read · [techwithsiddhant.hashnode.dev](https://techwithsiddhant.hashnode.dev/kafka-explained-like-you-re-5-events-partitions-and-consumer-groups?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Aug 31](https://hashnode.com/posts/kafka-explained-like-you-re-5-events-partitions-and-consumer-groups/6a95ba9ba479be13d1c796cc)