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AWS VPC Networking 101: Subnets and Route Tables Guide

Construct your private cloud. This guide covers the basics of VPC creation, CIDR blocks, public/private subnets, and routing traffic.

Apr 10•6 min read•DevOps

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How Does inDrive Find Your Driver So Fast? A break down

You’re late for a meeting. You step outside, open the inDrive app, type in your destination, and hit "Request a ride." Within seconds, your phone buzzes a driver is on the way. Seems simple, right? But behind that seamless experience is a high-performance, real-time system capable of handling thousands of simultaneous ride requests across hundreds of cities. In this article, we’ll take a situational deep dive into how inDrive likely finds nearby drivers so fast, breaking down the key tech stack, algorithms, and real-time architecture that powers the magic. Let’s simulate what happens the moment you tap that request button. Absolutely let’s unpack that entire process in deep technical detail, layer by layer, and walk through each component in the chain from the moment the user taps “Request” on the inDrive app.

6 hr ago•5 min read•system-design

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Mastering AWS IAM: Roles, Policies, and Best Practices

Security starts with Identity. Learn to write secure IAM policies and use Roles for cross-service access using the principle of least privilege.

1 day ago•6 min read•DevOps

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AWS Global Infrastructure: Regions and Availability Zones

A deep dive into how AWS is built. Understand Regions, AZs, Local Zones, and Wavelength for building high-availability applications.

Apr 6•6 min read•DevOps

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AWS Cloud Engineering: The DevOps Mindset Explained

Transition from system design to implementation. Learn how the DevOps philosophy shapes infrastructure for high-performance teams.

Apr 3•6 min read•DevOps

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Chaos Engineering: How to Build Systems That Embrace Failure

Don't wait for a crash. How to use tools like Chaos Monkey to break your system intentionally and build resilience.

Mar 2•7 min read•System Design

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Serving AI Agents: Scalable LLM Inference Architecture

Moving beyond chatbots. How to architect systems that run autonomous AI agents using vector databases and RAG.

Feb 27•5 min read•System Design

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Collaborative Editing: How Google Docs Handles Concurrency

How two people type at once without overwriting each other. Explaining Operational Transformation (OT) and CRDTs.

Feb 23•5 min read•System Design

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Distributed Locking: Preventing Race Conditions with Redlock

When multiple services try to write to the same resource. How to implement distributed mutual exclusion using Redis and Redlock.

Feb 20•5 min read•System Design

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Real-Time Fraud Detection: Architecture for Fintech Security

Catching bad guys in under 300ms. Using stream processing and ML models to flag suspicious transactions instantly.

Feb 16•5 min read•System Design

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Full-Text Search: Scalable Engines with Elasticsearch

How do you search through billions of logs instantly? Understanding Inverted Indices, Tokenization, and TF-IDF scoring.

Feb 13•5 min read•System Design

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Netflix Open Connect: Building a Custom CDN for Speed

Why Netflix built its own hardware. Learn about Open Connect, edge computing, and optimizing video delivery for ISPs.

Feb 6•7 min read•System Design

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AWS VPC Networking 101: Subnets and Route Tables Guide

AWS VPC Networking 101: Subnets and Route Tables Guide

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Mastering AWS IAM: Roles, Policies, and Best Practices

AWS Global Infrastructure: Regions and Availability Zones

AWS Cloud Engineering: The DevOps Mindset Explained

Chaos Engineering: How to Build Systems That Embrace Failure

Serving AI Agents: Scalable LLM Inference Architecture

Collaborative Editing: How Google Docs Handles Concurrency

Distributed Locking: Preventing Race Conditions with Redlock

Real-Time Fraud Detection: Architecture for Fintech Security

Full-Text Search: Scalable Engines with Elasticsearch

Netflix Open Connect: Building a Custom CDN for Speed

AWS VPC Networking 101: Subnets and Route Tables Guide

How Does inDrive Find Your Driver So Fast? A break down

Mastering AWS IAM: Roles, Policies, and Best Practices

AWS Global Infrastructure: Regions and Availability Zones

AWS Cloud Engineering: The DevOps Mindset Explained

Chaos Engineering: How to Build Systems That Embrace Failure

Serving AI Agents: Scalable LLM Inference Architecture

Collaborative Editing: How Google Docs Handles Concurrency

Distributed Locking: Preventing Race Conditions with Redlock

Real-Time Fraud Detection: Architecture for Fintech Security

Full-Text Search: Scalable Engines with Elasticsearch

Netflix Open Connect: Building a Custom CDN for Speed