RCRahul Chaduvulainsoftwareconcepts.hashnode.dev20Understanding TLS as a Backend Engineer2d ago · 6 min read · After learning about HTTP, TCP, and encryption, the next topic I wanted to understand was TLS. I use HTTPS every day. I call HTTPS APIs. I deploy backend services behind HTTPS. But until recently, I cJoin discussion
RCRahul Chaduvulainsoftwareconcepts.hashnode.dev20Understanding Symmetric vs Asymmetric Encryption as a Backend Engineer2d ago · 6 min read · While learning networking, I kept hearing terms like: HTTPS TLS SSL certificates Public keys Private keys I understood they were related to security, but I never really understood how encryptioJoin discussion
RCRahul Chaduvulainsoftwareconcepts.hashnode.dev00Understanding HTTP as a Backend Engineer4d ago · 7 min read · After learning about the OSI model, TCP, and UDP, the next thing I wanted to understand was HTTP. As backend engineers, we work with HTTP every day. We build APIs. We send requests. We receive responsJoin discussion
RCRahul Chaduvulainsoftwareconcepts.hashnode.dev00Understanding TCP and UDP as a Backend Engineer5d ago · 6 min read · After learning about the OSI model, I started exploring Layer 4 of networking where TCP and UDP live. At first I thought: “Protocols are probably just low-level networking details.” But the more I leaJoin discussion
RCRahul Chaduvulainsoftwareconcepts.hashnode.dev00Understanding the OSI Model as a Backend Engineer6d ago · 5 min read · I recently started learning more about networking fundamentals to become a better backend engineer, and the OSI model finally started making practical sense to me. Before this, an API request felt simJoin discussion
SKSreeram K Sincode-as-a-story.hashnode.dev00DNS - Domain Name System6d ago · 5 min read · Story Time Imagine this, it’s 9:30 PM, you’ve had a long day. You’re tired and cooking is not happening today. So you pick up your phone and think “Let’s order from KFC.” You don’t know the exact branJoin discussion
SKSreeram K Sincode-as-a-story.hashnode.dev00Memory in Programming — Stack vs HeapMay 26 · 7 min read · Story Time Imagine you’re working in an office and as you all would know, you have two places to keep things, your desk or storage room. Your desk is normally small, neatly organized (who wants to worJoin discussion
SKSreeram K Sincode-as-a-story.hashnode.dev00Processes vs Threads — Explained SimplyMay 26 · 6 min read · Story Time Let's get started with a simple story. Imagine you walk into a busy food court like the ones you see in malls. There are multiple restaurants inside a pizza shop, a burger joint, a coffee bJoin discussion
MSMuhammad Safiullah Khaninsafi-io.hashnode.dev00End-to-End Secrets Management for the Modern Data PlatformMay 23 · 5 min read · Introduction Over the past few months, I have been heavily involved in building modern data platforms. From orchestrating pipelines and managing distributed services to deploying containers and handliJoin discussion
CChidinmainchidinma.dev10Hybrid Logical Clocks: Having your cake and eating it, tooMay 17 · 10 min read · We started this series by looking at how physical time breaks down. Clocks drift, they jump, and they lie. Then we replaced them with causality, counters, and ancestry. We tried to get rid of time entJoin discussion
