Insights, tutorials, and projects from my journey in software engineering and full-stack development.
Struggling to understand rate limiting? This guide breaks down the 5 most important algorithms: Token Bucket, Leaky Bucket, Fixed Window, Sliding Window Log, and Sliding Window Counter with simple explanations and real-world examples to help you choose the right one.
Ever been asked "how many servers do you need?" and had no real answer? Back-of-the-envelope calculations give engineers a structured way to estimate QPS, storage, and infrastructure needs before writing a single line of code — using nothing but simple math and smart assumptions.
Video streaming went from "download the whole file and wait" to seamlessly adapting quality in real time based on your network. Here's the engineering behind how it actually works.