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Authority Placement: Control Layers and Enforcement Boundaries
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Authority Placement: Control Layers and Enforcement Boundaries

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ReTraced: A Job Scheduler Where Retries Are Data (Not Magic)

ReTraced: A Job Scheduler Where Retries Are Data (Not Magic)

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Caching, Consistency, and Trade-offs: Designing Scalable Distributed Systems
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Caching, Consistency, and Trade-offs: Designing Scalable Distributed Systems

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Why Inventory Management Software Breaks at Scale (And How to Avoid It)

Why Inventory Management Software Breaks at Scale (And How to Avoid It)

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Why Client-Side Rate Limiting is Your API's Best Friend 🤝
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Why Client-Side Rate Limiting is Your API's Best Friend 🤝

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🚀 The "Autonomous Intern": How to Stop Your AI Agents from Looping Forever 🤖🔄
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🚀 The "Autonomous Intern": How to Stop Your AI Agents from Looping Forever 🤖🔄

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PostgreSQL Didn’t Fail at Scale -My Architecture Assumptions Did
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PostgreSQL Didn’t Fail at Scale -My Architecture Assumptions Did

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Implementing "Refusal-First" RAG: Why We Architected Our AI to Say 'I Don't Know'
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Implementing "Refusal-First" RAG: Why We Architected Our AI to Say 'I Don't Know'

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🚀 How Uber, Swiggy & Zomato Find the Nearest Delivery Agent in Real Time

🚀 How Uber, Swiggy & Zomato Find the Nearest Delivery Agent in Real Time

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How Uber Eats & Zomato Find “Restaurants Near You"

How Uber Eats & Zomato Find “Restaurants Near You"

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Why Not One-Time-Use Banks (in Terraform)? Gen-AI Says: Maybe.

Why Not One-Time-Use Banks (in Terraform)? Gen-AI Says: Maybe.

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Who Owns the Decision When AI Is Involved?

Who Owns the Decision When AI Is Involved?

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Global Events, Local Events, and Recurring Rules
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Global Events, Local Events, and Recurring Rules

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Deadlines Are Hard – Why "Submit by June 5th" Is Broken
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Deadlines Are Hard – Why "Submit by June 5th" Is Broken

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Instant vs Local – When UTC Helps and When It Hurts
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Instant vs Local – When UTC Helps and When It Hurts

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Sentry

Sentry

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LoRa, LoRaWAN & Meshtastic — What Each Technology Actually Is

LoRa, LoRaWAN & Meshtastic — What Each Technology Actually Is

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The Tao of Architecture: Clearing the Fog of "Names" to Return to the Essence of "Non-Being"

The Tao of Architecture: Clearing the Fog of "Names" to Return to the Essence of "Non-Being"

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If AI outputs aren’t guaranteed, how do systems stay reliable?

If AI outputs aren’t guaranteed, how do systems stay reliable?

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LoRa vs LoRaWAN vs Meshtastic — The Architecture Most People Get Wrong

LoRa vs LoRaWAN vs Meshtastic — The Architecture Most People Get Wrong

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AI Broke Perfect Planning. Here Are 5 Rules.
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AI Broke Perfect Planning. Here Are 5 Rules.

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From MVP to Millions: The Ultimate Guide to Scaling Your Full-Stack Application 🚀

From MVP to Millions: The Ultimate Guide to Scaling Your Full-Stack Application 🚀

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Meshtastic Hardware Stability: What Actually Matters in Real Deployments

Meshtastic Hardware Stability: What Actually Matters in Real Deployments

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Designing Systems by Questioning from First Principles

Designing Systems by Questioning from First Principles

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Designing Idempotent Payment Processing in Worldpay Integrations (.NET Lessons)

Designing Idempotent Payment Processing in Worldpay Integrations (.NET Lessons)

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