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From memory to machines: how notifications actually work
How marketing thinks - We want to send messages. - We want people to remember us. - We want them to come back. How engineering thinks - We need reliability. -...
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🎯 Choosing Between WebSocket and Socket.io: A Decision Every Dev Faces
The Developer Pain - WebSocket is elegant… until the real world walks in. - Sudden network drops. - You start with clean code and end up managing a rescue miss...
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Why reinforcement learning plateaus without representation depth (and other key takeaways from NeurIPS 2025)
Every year, NeurIPS produces hundreds of impressive papers, and a handful that subtly reset how practitioners think about scaling, evaluation and system design....
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Architecture for Disposable Systems
Article URL: https://tuananh.net/2026/01/15/architecture-for-disposable-systems/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46657141 Points: 6 Comments:...
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System Design - EP 13: Content Delivery Networks (CDNs)
We’ve all been there. You click a link, and the page hangs. In 2026, a slow website isn’t just annoying—it’s a deal‑breaker. As developers, we know Speed = Reve...
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From Maker to Systems Architect: Designing Software That Ships, Scales, and Survives
!Cover image for From Maker to Systems Architect: Designing Software That Ships, Scales, and Surviveshttps://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=1000,height=420,f...
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I Stopped “Scaling Fast” and Started Designing Failure — Here’s What Changed
!Cover image for I Stopped “Scaling Fast” and Started Designing Failure — Here’s What Changedhttps://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=1000,height=420,fit=cover...
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Thinking in First Principles: How to Question an Async Queue–Based Design
Async queues are one of the most commonly suggested “solutions” in system design interviews, but many candidates jump straight to using queues without understan...
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Beyond the Buzzwords: 5 Counter-Intuitive Lessons in System Design
Introduction The Elegance Below the Surface Have you ever wondered how a platform like YouTube can seamlessly handle billions of video plays, uploads, and comm...
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Level 1 - Foundations #1. Client-Server Model
👋 Short Intro Why I’m Writing This I’m currently learning System Design and decided to learn in public by documenting my journey. This blog is part of my Syst...
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“Just Add Caching” Is Usually the Wrong Answer
Caching is one of the most misunderstood tools in software engineering. It’s often suggested as a performance fix long before the real problem is understood. Ca...
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System Design in Real Life: Why Ancient Museums are actually Microservices?
Introduction I work as a Backend Developer Java/Spring and I’m also a university student studying Museology. While examining the physical security layers of mo...