Articles: 120
12 Sep 2025, 15:30
Technology
BIG announcement: We've launched a new YouTube channel to make learning AI easier — ByteByteAI!
11 Sep 2025, 15:30
In the world of distributed systems, one of the hardest problems isn't just storing or retrieving data.
10 Sep 2025, 15:30
The technical goal of their project was clear: achieve accurate transcription of menu photos into structured menu data while keeping latency and cost low enough for production at scale.
09 Sep 2025, 15:30
We will look at the evolution of this design decision and how Netflix went about implementing it.
08 Sep 2025, 15:31
Grab decided they needed one central system that would make authentication and authorization the same across all applications.
06 Sep 2025, 15:30
Kubernetes is the de facto standard for container orchestration.
04 Sep 2025, 15:30
In this article, we will focus on the need for rate limiting and some practical rate limiting strategies that are used in different scenarios.
02 Sep 2025, 15:30
In this article, we look at how Dropbox leveraged RAG and AI Agents to make Dash a reality.
30 Aug 2025, 15:49
What else will you add to understand the Kubernetes Pod Lifecycle?
28 Aug 2025, 15:30
On the modern web, speed is a critical factor.
23 Aug 2025, 15:30
In today's world, building software means working across multiple layers, each with its own role, tools, and technologies.
21 Aug 2025, 15:31
In this article, we will take a closer look at strategies that can help improve the reliability of a system.
19 Aug 2025, 15:30
Push notifications carry a double-edged sword in the design of any product. Done well, these notifications reconnect users with content they care about.
18 Aug 2025, 15:30
Just like how "Hello world!" becomes discrete tokens for text processing, a photograph gets chopped into image patches, and a song becomes a sequence of audio codes.
16 Aug 2025, 15:30
Single Sign-On (SSO) is an authentication scheme. It allows a user to log in to different systems using a single ID.
14 Aug 2025, 15:30
In this article, we will explore the critical caching strategies that enable fast, reliable systems.
12 Aug 2025, 15:30
Atlassian routinely migrates about 1,000 databases every day as part of its regular operations, and its users never notice.
09 Aug 2025, 15:31
SOLID offers guidelines to create software that is easy to understand, modify, and extend.
07 Aug 2025, 15:30
In modern distributed systems, scalability is not a nice-to-have. Whether serving a global user base or responding to a viral spike, systems that fail to scale often fail outright.
05 Aug 2025, 15:30
At the scale of Uber Eats, image handling is an operational necessity. The platform manages hundreds of millions of product images, with millions of updates flowing through the system every hour.
04 Aug 2025, 15:30
Tokens are what rule the world of LLMs. You send tokens to models, you pay by the token, and models read, understand, and breathe tokens.
02 Aug 2025, 15:31
Which other coding pattern will you add to the list?
31 Jul 2025, 15:30
A database needs to be sure about who the leader is at any given time, that the leader is sufficiently up to date, and that a new leader can be chosen quickly and safely when necessary.
29 Jul 2025, 15:30
In this article, we will take a look at the key features of Cursor, how those features work, and the infrastructure stack that powers it.
26 Jul 2025, 15:31
MCP (Model Context Protocol) is an open standard that simplifies how AI models, particularly LLMs, interact with external data sources, tools, and services.
24 Jul 2025, 15:30
In this article, we will look at these two models as they apply to real-world database design and understand the various trade-offs involved.
22 Jul 2025, 15:30
Nubank adopted a foundation model-based approach, which has already been transforming domains like natural language processing and computer vision.
19 Jul 2025, 15:30
What other ways do you use to improve API performance?
17 Jul 2025, 15:30
This article looks at the fundamentals of database sharding. We cover details like why it matters, how it works, and what trade-offs come with it. We'll walk through common sharding strategies and practical engineering considerations.
15 Jul 2025, 15:31
Tinder operates globally. Real user traffic pours in from over 190 countries. So does bad traffic that includes bots, scrapers, and abuse attempts.
12 Jul 2025, 15:30
GenAI refers to systems capable of creating new content, such as text, images, code, or music, by learning patterns from existing data.
10 Jul 2025, 15:30
In this article, we will cover the core internal data structures that power database indexes. Each section will walk through how the structure works, what problems it solves, where it performs best, and what limitations it carries.
