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Backend Tech
Distributed systems, event driven design, APIs, databases, and building backends that hold up under real load.
API BasicsInternetHTTPDNSWebhooksAutomation
Internet and API Basics for Beginners
A beginner friendly guide to how browsers, servers, DNS, APIs, requests, responses, authentication, webhooks, and automation flows fit together, explained with everyday examples.
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KafkaOutbox PatternCDCDebezium
Event Driven Microservices with Kafka and the Outbox Pattern
Publishing events reliably without writing to two places at once is a common pain point. This covers the outbox pattern, change data capture, and getting exactly once delivery working with Kafka in a real setup.
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GraphQLApollo FederationAPI DesigngRPC
GraphQL Federation: Letting Teams Own Their Own APIs
Apollo Federation makes it possible for separate teams to manage their own parts of a graph without stepping on each other. This post looks at how to design schemas, write entity resolvers, and avoid turning federation into a distributed mess.
9 min read