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LUC #66: Breaking Down Modular Monolithic Architecture: Blending Tradition with Innovation

LUC #66: Breaking Down Modular Monolithic Architecture: Blending Tradition with Innovation

Plus, 7 must know principles of solution architecture design, stateful vs stateless design, and connection pooling explained

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LUC #65: Breaking Down Clean Architecture — Core Ideas, Benefits, Drawbacks, and Use Cases

LUC #65: Breaking Down Clean Architecture — Core Ideas, Benefits, Drawbacks, and Use Cases

Plus, Concurrency is NOT parallelism, feature flags explained. and how SQL execution order works and why it's so important

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LUC #64: ELT Demystified: From Raw Data to Powerful Insights

LUC #64: ELT Demystified: From Raw Data to Powerful Insights

Plus, load balancing algorithms you should know, how SSO works, and how event-driven architecture works

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LUC #63: Understanding Database Types — Relational, Vector, Graph, and More

LUC #63: Understanding Database Types — Relational, Vector, Graph, and More

Plus, API architectural styles you should know, understanding the OSI model, and PACELC theorem explained

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LUC #62: CI/CD Demystified — Build, Test, Deploy, Repeat

LUC #62: CI/CD Demystified — Build, Test, Deploy, Repeat

Plus, database caching strategies explained, what is MQTT and how does it work, and how do we design effective and safe APIs?

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LUC #61: Session Management Demystified: Cookies, Tokens, and Security

LUC #61: Session Management Demystified: Cookies, Tokens, and Security

Plus, how decide which database type, API gateway vs load balancer, and how connection pooling works

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LUC #60: Unpacking the Leading API Architectural Styles

LUC #60: Unpacking the Leading API Architectural Styles

Plus, API security best practices, how Elasticsearch works, and ACID properties explained

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LUC #59: Optimize Your Searches with Effective Database Indexing

LUC #59: Optimize Your Searches with Effective Database Indexing

Plus, how chaos engineering works, blue-green deployment explained, and what is Terraform and how does it work

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LUC #58: Understanding Data Streams — The Solution to Handling Continuous Flows of Big Data

LUC #58: Understanding Data Streams — The Solution to Handling Continuous Flows of Big Data

Plus, concurrency is NOT parallelism, explaining SOLID principles, and API design best practices

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LUC #57: Essential Caching Strategies for Optimal Performance

LUC #57: Essential Caching Strategies for Optimal Performance

Plus, how the most prominent API architectural styles work, circuit breaker pattern explained, and how a service mesh works

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LUC #56: How to Approach Scaling Your Database

LUC #56: How to Approach Scaling Your Database

Plus, how the most prominent Git branching strategies work, HTTPS workflow explained, and how do you decide which database type

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LUC #55: Understanding and Addressing The Silent Perfomance Killer—Frontend Memory Leaks

LUC #55: Understanding and Addressing The Silent Perfomance Killer—Frontend Memory Leaks

Plus, database caching strategies explained, what is clean architecture and how does it work, and cookies vs sessions

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