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🧠 Linux Isn’t What You Think: Day 1 DevOps Foundation
“Most beginners say: “I’m learning Linux.” But today I realized something important: Linux is not Ubuntu. Linux is…
Passkeys vs. Access-First: The Shift from Login to Lifecycle
If you are building modern systems, you have probably heard this question: “How do access-first systems compare to…
Designing Idempotent Payment Processing in Worldpay Integrations (.NET Lessons)
When integrating payment gateways like Worldpay, one assumption will eventually break your system: “This event will be received…
The Context Window Paradox: Why Bigger Isn’t Always Better in AI
A Story About Our Obsession with More Imagine you’re a chef preparing a meal for a food critic.…
After 47 Failed Systems, I Built One That Works: The Purpose Stack
You know the cycle. I certainly do. After 47 failed productivity systems over the years, I finally understood…
EP 6.3: Master-Slave Architecture
In system design, the Master-Slave (or Leader-Follower) architecture is one of the most fundamental patterns used to achieve…
Building a High-Performance Real-Time Camera Capture System in C++
Deep dive into building a production-ready camera capture system with zero-copy V4L2, multithreading, and FFmpeg encoding. Ever wondered…
Your Restaurant Is a Distributed System With an Unbounded Queue
Most restaurant performance problems look like staffing or food issues. They aren’t. They’re systems failures caused by an…
What I’m trying to understand
I’m a software engineer, currently at a mid level. I started my career building web applications, mostly with…
🚀 Breaking the Blockade: How We Taught Kafka to “Speak” Like a Synchronous API
Imagine the situation: Our system, let’s call it “BSDFlow”, is a modern, impressive Event-Driven monster. Everything happens asynchronously,…
