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Artificial IntelligencePublished

AI Systems, Demystified

Natural Language Processing Explained: From Raw Text to Transformers and LLM Systems

A visual guide to tokenization, linguistic structure, statistical NLP, embeddings, RNNs, attention, Transformers, pretraining, RAG, evaluation and production NLP.

18 min read
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Web FoundationsPublished

Web Mechanics

What Really Happens When You Type a URL?

A step-by-step walkthrough of URL parsing, DNS, routing, TLS, HTTP, server-side processing, and browser rendering.

10 min read
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NetworkingPublished

Web Mechanics

DNS Resolution Explained: From Domain Name to IP Address

Understand recursive resolvers, authoritative servers, DNS records, TTLs, caching, and CDN traffic steering.

8 min read
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Web ProtocolsPublished

Web Mechanics

HTTP/1.1 vs HTTP/2 vs HTTP/3: What Actually Changed?

A practical comparison of HTTP protocol generations, multiplexing, TCP, QUIC, streams, and web performance.

9 min read
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DatabasesPublished

Data Systems, Inside Out

Database Indexes Explained: B-Trees, Composite Indexes, and Query Plans

Learn how database indexes reduce lookup work, why B-trees dominate common workloads, and how query planners use indexes.

9 min read
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Backend EngineeringPublished

Backend Systems in Motion

Redis Caching Patterns: TTLs, Invalidation, and Cache Stampedes

Understand cache-aside, invalidation, hot keys, stampedes, Redis data structures, and when a cache is unnecessary.

8 min read
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Distributed SystemsPublished

Distributed Systems, Visualized

CAP Theorem and Consistency Models: A Failure-First Guide

A practical explanation of partitions, consistency, availability, replicas, retries, and distributed-system tradeoffs.

8 min read
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DevOpsPublished

DevOps Reality

Docker Containers vs Virtual Machines: What Is Actually Different?

Compare kernels, isolation, startup time, images, resource boundaries, and why modern infrastructure often uses both.

7 min read
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Backend EngineeringPublished

Backend Systems in Motion

Kafka and Event-Driven Architecture: Topics, Partitions, and Replay

Learn how producers, partitions, consumer groups, offsets, retention, retries, and idempotency fit together.

9 min read
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