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Building Resilient Distributed Systems with Go

Learn how to design and implement fault-tolerant distributed systems using Go's concurrency primitives, circuit breakers, and graceful degradation patterns.

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HTTPPerformance

HTTP/1.1 vs HTTP/2: A Visual Deep Dive

Understanding the fundamental differences between HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/2 with visual diagrams and practical examples

BackendBytes Architect Team • Feb 14

15 min read

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PostgreSQLDatabase Internals

PostgreSQL Query Planner Internals: How Postgres Optimizes Your Queries

A deep dive into how PostgreSQL's query planner works, from parsing SQL to generating optimal execution plans. Understand EXPLAIN output like never before.

BackendBytes Architect Team • Jan 12

18 min read

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KubernetesNetworking

Kubernetes Networking Deep Dive: From Pods to Services

Understand how Kubernetes networking works at every layer -- pod networking, service discovery, ingress, and network policies explained with practical examples.

BackendBytes Architect Team • Jan 8

14 min read

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CachingRedisSystem Design

Caching Strategies at Scale: Beyond Simple Key-Value Stores

Explore advanced caching patterns including write-through, write-behind, cache-aside, and distributed caching with Redis Cluster for high-throughput systems.

BackendBytes Architect TeamJan 5, 2025

11 min read

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Distributed SystemsRaft

Understanding Raft Consensus: Building Blocks of Distributed Databases

A practical guide to the Raft consensus algorithm with Go implementation examples. Learn leader election, log replication, and safety guarantees.

BackendBytes Architect Team • Jan 2

16 min read

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Feature StoreMachine Learning

Building a Real-Time Feature Store for ML Inference

How to design and implement a low-latency feature store that serves ML features in under 5ms. Covers online/offline architecture, feature computation, and consistency.

BackendBytes Architect Team • Dec 28

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