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.
8/6/202626 min read
#Networking
8 articles tagged with Networking
Building a Custom Reverse Proxy With Nginx Lua Scripts
Learn how OpenResty and Nginx Lua scripts enable dynamic routing, custom JWT authentication, and edge rate limiting without backend application overhead.
8/6/202626 min read
DNS Deep Dive: Debugging Propagation Issues Like an Engineer
Master Domain Name System (DNS) troubleshooting: A, AAAA, CNAME, NS, and TXT record resolution, TTL caching behavior, and debugging with dig.
8/6/202626 min read
HTTP/3 and QUIC in Production: What Actually Changed
Learn how HTTP/3 and the QUIC UDP transport protocol eliminate Head-of-Line blocking, speed up mobile network connection handshakes, and improve web performance.
8/6/202626 min read
IoT Protocols Compared: MQTT vs CoAP for a Real Device Fleet
Compare IoT communication protocols for hardware fleets: MQTT over TCP vs CoAP over UDP. Benchmark payload overhead, power consumption, and network resilience.
8/6/202622 min read
mTLS Between Microservices: A Practical Setup Guide
Learn how Mutual TLS (mTLS) enforces cryptographically verified bi-directional authentication between internal microservices using SPIFFE/SPIRE.
8/6/202626 min read
Geo-Routing at the Edge: Serving Users From the Nearest Region
The Edge Geo-Routing engineering architecture. How Anycast BGP routing, CF-IPCountry headers, dynamic failover, and regional origin shielding serve global traffic.
8/1/202625 min read
6G and the Web: Tbps Speeds and Sub-ms Latency in 2026
5G was just the warm-up. Explore how 6G is redefining the web with terabit-per-second speeds and 'perceptible zero' latency in 2026.
4/6/202610 min read