Feb 6 · 4 min read · Today I focused on the foundations of networking — the basic building blocks that power the entire internet. Before today, terms like DNS, IP, CIDR, and Ports sounded technical.Now, I understand how they all connect when I open a website or when serv...
Join discussionFeb 5 · 5 min read · Today I stepped into one of the most important areas of DevOps: networking. Whenever a website doesn’t open, a server becomes unreachable, or an API stops responding, the issue is often not the application — it’s the network path between systems. So ...
Join discussionJan 31 · 5 min read · How does the internet actually reach your laptop, phone, or backend server? When you open a website or deploy an API, a whole chain of physical devices quietly works together to move data from somewhere in the world to your machine. Routers, modems, ...
Join discussionJan 30 · 7 min read · On Earth, any location can be identified using a pair of coordinates.For example, the Pyramid of Giza is located at 29.9792° N, 31.1343° E. These coordinates are very precise, but for an average human being, they are not very helpful. People prefer s...
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Jan 30 · 10 min read · If you’re a software engineer, you probably deploy APIs, scale backend services, and worry about latency and uptime. But somewhere between your backend server and the global internet, a bunch of physical network devices quietly make everything work. ...
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Jan 28 · 3 min read · Think of sending a handwritten letter through the post without writing the full address, without a tracking number, and without any confirmation that it reached the receiver. You drop it into the mailbox and simply hope it reaches the right person sa...
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Jan 27 · 9 min read · Browsers are very complex software to understand all the different aspects and features. Browsers may take a decade, and you will require the knowledge only if you want to build your own browser. In this blog, we will only learn about the high-level ...
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Jan 27 · 4 min read · Networking Basics Explained: Modem, Router, Switch, Firewall, and Load Balancer How the Internet Reaches Your Home or Office (Big Picture) When you open a website or call an API, your request doesn’t magically reach the internet. It passes through m...
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Jan 27 · 4 min read · When we use the internet—opening websites, watching videos, making calls—we rarely think about how data actually travels.But the internet doesn’t work magically. It works because everyone follows rules. These rules are called protocols. In this artic...
Join discussionJan 19 · 5 min read · What are DNS Records Whenever you purchase a new domain for your website, in order for your website to be accessible across the internet, you need to map it to an IP address. This is done in the DNS settings of your domain’s authoritative nameserver ...
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