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REST APIs Properly Explained
(4 minutes) | Constraints, trade-offs, when not to use it, and more
Mar 31
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Nikki Siapno
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How SSO Actually Works
(5 minutes) | What actually happens when you click “Sign in with Google”
Mar 28
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Nikki Siapno
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Hashing vs Encryption vs Tokenization
(5 minutes) | One question decides which one you should use...
Mar 24
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Nikki Siapno
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Sync vs Async Clearly Explained
(5 minutes) | One design choice determines if your system blocks or flows.
Mar 21
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Nikki Siapno
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Why “Hash the Password” Isn’t Enough
(5 minutes) | How salts, key stretching, and memory-hard algorithms stop brute-force attacks.
Mar 16
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Nikki Siapno
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CAP Theorem Clearly Explained
(4 minutes) | Choosing your failure mode, avoiding common mistakes, and a decision checklist.
Mar 13
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Nikki Siapno
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Event-Driven Architecture Clearly Explained
(4 minutes) | When fan-out is power, and when it becomes operational debt.
Mar 3
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Nikki Siapno
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February 2026
What Protocols Actually Do When You Load a Page
(7 minutes) | Every layer has a defined responsibility. Learn how to trace failures precisely.
Feb 27
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Nikki Siapno
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Forward Proxy vs Reverse Proxy: A Clean Mental Model
(3 minutes) | They both relay traffic. But they solve completely different problems.
Feb 25
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Nikki Siapno
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Domain-Driven Design, Broken Down
(5 minutes) | How DDD prevents your model from collapsing as systems and teams scale
Feb 21
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Nikki Siapno
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Bloom Filters Clearly Explained
(5 minutes) | Most systems waste time proving what isn’t there. Bloom filters make “no” almost free.
Feb 14
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Nikki Siapno
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Database Types Clearly Explained
(7 minutes) | It’s not the schema. It’s the question you optimize for.
Feb 6
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Nikki Siapno
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