TCP Explained: Connection Establishment, Data Transfer, and Termination
Feb 12 · 7 min read · Understanding TCP: The Backbone of Reliable Internet Communication If you've ever wondered how your computer manages to download a file without missing a single byte, or how an email arrives perfectly intact despite traveling through countless router...
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Client-Server Basics (TryHackMe)
Feb 10 · 9 min read · Client-Server Basics is a beginner-friendly room that covers some of the fundamentals of the client-server model, i.e., protocols, responses, and requests, HTTP commands, DNS, ports, among others. This forms part of the fundamentals of web security a...
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The HTTP Request-Response Cycle: Everything You Need to Know
Feb 10 · 6 min read · You know what's funny? Most people use websites every single day, but if you ask them how a website actually works, they'll give you this blank stare. I was the same way before I started learning web development. So let me break this down for you in ...
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Essential psql Commands for PostgreSQL
Feb 4 · 2 min read · psql is the interactive terminal client for PostgreSQL. It lets you connect to databases, run SQL queries, and use powerful meta commands for database management. Connecting to PostgreSQL (Note : here the user is named as “potatoes“, and DB as “mypo...
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CLI Agent vs MCP A Practical Comparison for Students, Startups, and Developers
Feb 2 · 4 min read · CLI-Agent vs MCP — A Practical Comparison for Students, Startups, and Developers (2026) Introduction: The choice between traditional CLI-based AI agents and the Model Context Protocol (MCP) often creates confusion when building intelligent, autonomou...
Join discussionThe TCP Handshake: How Computers Say "Hello"
Feb 1 · 4 min read · Welcome back to The Tech Tales. In our last blog, we met the two delivery drivers of the internet: TCP (The Careful Courier) and UDP (The Speed Demon). Today, we are going to follow the Careful Courier on a job. Imagine sending a file is like moving ...
Join discussionGetting Started with cURL
Jan 31 · 10 min read · Introduction Understanding how your computer communicates with servers is fundamental to modern programming, and cURL is the simplest tool for learning this. By the end of this guide, you'll be able to send requests to web servers from your terminal ...
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Getting Started with cURL
Jan 30 · 5 min read · Before we talk about what cURL or curl lets discuss what a server is**,** and why we need it In simple terms, a server is a computer or system that provides data, services, or programs to clients. Servers receive requests from clients to retrieve fil...
Join discussionTalking to Servers from the Terminal: cURL Explained Simply
Jan 30 · 4 min read · What is cURL? (Explained So Simply That Anyone Can Understand) First things first: What is a server, and why do we talk to it? Before understanding cURL, we need to understand one basic idea. Real-life example 🏪 Imagine: You go to a restaurant You...
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