Sep 22, 2025 · 19 min read · The journey of building scalable, resilient backend systems inevitably leads us to the fundamental challenge of managing state. As systems grow from single-instance applications to distributed microservices handling millions of requests, how we distr...
Join discussionMar 1, 2025 · 4 min read · Introduction In Kubernetes, applications are typically designed to be stateless, meaning any pod can handle a request without requiring prior knowledge of a user session. However, certain use cases, such as authentication, shopping carts, or dashboar...
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Jun 29, 2023 · 4 min read · Sticky sessions, also known as session affinity, is a mechanism by which a routing component that acts as a facade always routes a request to the same underlying upstream node. In this post, I'll describe the reason behind sticky sessions, available ...
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