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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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January 2026
Top 5 Database Caching Strategies You Should Know
(5 minutes) | Speed gains, consistency risks, and real trade-offs
Jan 29
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Nikki Siapno
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Microservices Clearly Explained
(4 minutes) | The benefits are real. The distributed complexity is too.
Jan 24
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Nikki Siapno
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gRPC Clearly Explained
(4 minutes) | What gRPC actually is, and the real reasons teams adopt it beyond “it’s faster”.
Jan 18
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Nikki Siapno
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API Gateway vs Load Balancer vs Reverse Proxy
(5 minutes) | Same edge, different responsibilities, and how the wrong choice quietly creates failure modes.
Jan 14
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Nikki Siapno
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Load Balancing Algorithms Clearly Explained (In Under 8 Minutes)
How Different Algorithms Actually Behave in Production, and How to Choose the Right One
Jan 10
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Nikki Siapno
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What a CI/CD Pipeline Really Looks Like
(5 Minutes) | A practical, end-to-end look at CI/CD pipelines
Jan 8
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Nikki Siapno
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🎁 System Design Handbook + Architecture Patterns Playbook 🚀
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Jan 6
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Nikki Siapno
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