#Architecture

What Is MCP? The Model Context Protocol Explained With a USB-C Port Analogy (2026)

Video Encoding Pipeline: Building a Cheap Transcoding Service in 2026

Architect a high-performance, cost-effective cloud video encoding pipeline using FFmpeg, AWS S3 event notifications, SQS queue workers, and AV1 hardware-accelerated chunking.

Building a CDN Cache Invalidation Strategy That Scales

Learn how to architect fine-grained CDN cache purging strategies using Cache Tags, Stale-While-Revalidate, and Surrogate-Keys.

Building a Custom Load Balancer: Algorithms Compared

Learn how to build a layer 7 load balancer in TypeScript while comparing Round Robin, Weighted Least Connections, and Consistent Hashing algorithms.

Building a Themeable Multi-Brand Design System

Architecting a multi-brand CSS design system using Design Tokens, CSS custom properties, and Tailwind CSS configuration layers.

Building a Trust Score System for a Marketplace

Learn how two-sided marketplaces compute real-time dynamic user trust scores using verified identity signals, transaction history, and review ratings.

Caching Strategy: Cache-Aside vs Write-Through in a Real API

Compare database caching patterns: Cache-Aside (Lazy Loading) vs Write-Through vs Write-Behind in Node.js and Redis.

Game Netcode: Client Prediction and Server Reconciliation Explained

Understand how fast-paced multiplayer games eliminate perceived network latency using Client-Side Prediction, Server Reconciliation, and Entity Interpolation.

Reducing Cold Start Time on Serverless Functions

Learn how to optimize AWS Lambda, Cloudflare Workers, and Vercel serverless function cold starts from 1,200ms down to sub-50ms.

Server-Driven UI (SDUI): Architecture, Examples, and Why Apps Use It

Server driven UI (SDUI) explained: how the UI file is processed by the server, real apps implementing SDUI, and the reasons for combining the SDUI pattern architecture.

Server-Driven UI: When the Backend Owns the Layout

Architecting a Server-Driven UI (SDUI) system: how mobile and web applications render dynamic user interfaces driven by backend JSON layout schemas.

Zero-Trust Architecture: What It Would Have Prevented in 2026's Biggest Breaches

Applying zero-trust principles retroactively to 2026's major breaches — which attacks would have been stopped, which would have been limited, and which ZTA still can't prevent.