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FREE Big Archive for System Design - 2023 Edition (PDF) is available now
FREE Big Archive for System Design - 2023 Edition (PDF) is available now
The PDF contains 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐲 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬 published in 2023. What’s included in the PDF? 🔹…
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The Top 10 of ByteByteGo's System Design Newsletter 2023
The Top 10 of ByteByteGo's System Design Newsletter 2023
In 2023, we sent out 104 newsletters, featuring a deep dive newsletter on Thursdays and system design fundamentals on…
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Netflix's Tech Stack. This post is based on research from many Netflix engineering blogs and open-source projects. If you come across any…
Netflix's Tech Stack. This post is based on research from many Netflix engineering blogs and open-source projects. If you come across any…
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How to Learn Kubernetes? Kubernetes is an open-source container orchestration platform that automates the deployment, scaling, and management of…
How to Learn Kubernetes? Kubernetes is an open-source container orchestration platform that automates the deployment, scaling, and management of…
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100 million doors. 10+ countries. 1 mission: redefining access control. Amazon Key’s story is featured in ByteByteGo, sharing how we scaled from…
100 million doors. 10+ countries. 1 mission: redefining access control. Amazon Key’s story is featured in ByteByteGo, sharing how we scaled from…
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Honored to be spotlighted by ByteByteGo! Discover how Amazon Key’s team tackled the challenges of secure access control at scale, unlocking over 100…
Honored to be spotlighted by ByteByteGo! Discover how Amazon Key’s team tackled the challenges of secure access control at scale, unlocking over 100…
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Hello hello, Essential Math for AI is now in English, Korean, and newly, Polish 🇵🇱😎🎉💥🥰 A piece of my brain and my heart too ❤️ Enjoy and thank…
Hello hello, Essential Math for AI is now in English, Korean, and newly, Polish 🇵🇱😎🎉💥🥰 A piece of my brain and my heart too ❤️ Enjoy and thank…
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Amazon Key is a REALLY convenient way to have your packages securely delivered right inside your garage or multifamily property. We sat down with…
Amazon Key is a REALLY convenient way to have your packages securely delivered right inside your garage or multifamily property. We sat down with…
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AI Agent versus MCP An AI agent is a software program that can interact with its environment, gather data, and use that data to achieve…
AI Agent versus MCP An AI agent is a software program that can interact with its environment, gather data, and use that data to achieve…
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Reverse proxy vs. API gateway vs. load balancer As modern websites and applications are like busy beehives, we use a variety of tools to manage the…
Reverse proxy vs. API gateway vs. load balancer As modern websites and applications are like busy beehives, we use a variety of tools to manage the…
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Top 6 most commonly used Server Types. 1. Web Server: Hosts websites and delivers web content to clients over the internet 2. Mail…
Top 6 most commonly used Server Types. 1. Web Server: Hosts websites and delivers web content to clients over the internet 2. Mail…
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How does HTTPS work? . . Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) is an extension of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP.) HTTPS transmits…
How does HTTPS work? . . Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) is an extension of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP.) HTTPS transmits…
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Top Architectural Styles. The method to download the high-resolution image is available at the end. In software development, architecture plays a…
Top Architectural Styles. The method to download the high-resolution image is available at the end. In software development, architecture plays a…
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How do you pay from your digital wallet, such as Paypal, Venmo, Paytm, by scanning the QR code? To understand the process involved, we need to…
How do you pay from your digital wallet, such as Paypal, Venmo, Paytm, by scanning the QR code? To understand the process involved, we need to…
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Why is Kafka fast? There are many design decisions that contributed to Kafka’s performance. In this post, we’ll focus on two. We think these two…
Why is Kafka fast? There are many design decisions that contributed to Kafka’s performance. In this post, we’ll focus on two. We think these two…
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Top Kubernetes Scaling Strategies You Must Know 1 - Horizontal Pod Autoscaling or HPA Horizontal Pod Autoscaler automatically scales the number of…
Top Kubernetes Scaling Strategies You Must Know 1 - Horizontal Pod Autoscaling or HPA Horizontal Pod Autoscaler automatically scales the number of…
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I almost gave up during our third month of building Jobright.ai . No users. Broken features. Zero traction. At 2am, I sat there wondering if I’d…
I almost gave up during our third month of building Jobright.ai . No users. Broken features. Zero traction. At 2am, I sat there wondering if I’d…
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Epic day at Google's IO developer conference. Google co-founder Sergey Brin joined my fireside with DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis basically as we…
Epic day at Google's IO developer conference. Google co-founder Sergey Brin joined my fireside with DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis basically as we…
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How Computer Memory Works? Here’s a simple breakdown that shows how data moves through a system from input to processing to storage. 1 - Data…
How Computer Memory Works? Here’s a simple breakdown that shows how data moves through a system from input to processing to storage. 1 - Data…
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What a wild couple days at Microsoft Build and Google I/O. In between the announcements, I had the incredible opportunity to sit down for interviews…
What a wild couple days at Microsoft Build and Google I/O. In between the announcements, I had the incredible opportunity to sit down for interviews…
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