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Sharding v/s Partitioning
This article deep dives into the fundamental difference between Sharding and Partitioning and how they both support in scaling a system.
 • Vivek Bansal
Kafka Basics
This article deep dives into the basics of the popular streaming platform - Kafka
 • Vivek Bansal
What makes Kafka so fast and efficient?
Whenever we talk about Kafka being fast, then we often forget the most important question to ask ourselves: in what context is it fast? Is it able to…
 • Vivek Bansal
Message Queues v/s Message Brokers
This article intends to find the fundamental difference between Message Queues vs Message Brokers.
 • Vivek Bansal
A deep dive: What is LSM tree?
This article deep dives into what is an LSM tree and how does it work internally.
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How to find nearby entities?
Uncover the world with Geohashing, a clever way to encode locations into short codes. Learn how it works.
 • Vivek Bansal
Introduction to gRPC
This article deep dives into what is gRPC and how to build a client-server app using the gRPC framework.
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How to implement a Circuit Breaker
This article deep dives into how to implement a circuit breaker design pattern
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Sequential vs Random Disk I/O with Code example
This article deep dives into the difference between Sequential and Random disk I/O with some live coding
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B-Tree vs B+ Tree: Key Differences Explained
This article deep dives into how data storage happens in a B-Tree and B+Tree.
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MySQL vs PostgreSQL: Indexing
This article deep dives into what is the difference in indexing in MySQL vs PostgreSQL
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Bloom Filters
This post deep dives into what is bloom filters and what are their applications in real-world systems
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