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Database
Strategies to Scale Your Database
Database scaling isn't a single decision. It's a sequence of moves, applied in the right order, based on where the bottleneck actually is. Here's the play...
6 Jun 2024
Session Storage: Limitations and TypeScript Usage
Session storage lets you store data in the browser that survives page reloads but disappears when the tab closes. It's useful, but its limitations trip pe...
7 May 2024
Database Performance and Indexes in Prisma ORM
A query on 10,000 rows takes 3 seconds; on 100,000 it takes 30. Indexes are why. How database indexes work and how to add the right ones in Prisma.
5 May 2024
Cookie Limitations in TypeScript
Cookies are the oldest client-side storage mechanism on the web. They were designed in the 1990s for small pieces of data that travel with every HTTP requ...
1 May 2024
Understanding LocalStorage Limitations in TypeScript
LocalStorage is simple. That's both its strength and its trap. Developers reach for it because it's easy, then discover its limitations in production.
1 May 2024
CAP Theorem: Understanding Distributed Systems
Every distributed system makes a bet. The CAP theorem tells you which bets are available.
29 Apr 2024
ACID in Database Management
I once watched a bank transfer silently eat $4,000. The debit went through. The credit didn't. No error, no rollback, no trace. The database wasn't config...
29 Apr 2024
Normalization in Database Design
I once inherited a database where a customer's address was stored in 14 different tables. Change one, you had to change all 14. Nobody ever did. The data ...
29 Apr 2024
Database Sharding: A Comprehensive Guide
Your database is a single machine. Traffic doubles. You add RAM, upgrade the CPU, move to a bigger disk. Traffic doubles again. Eventually, vertical scali...
16 Apr 2024
Master-Slave Database Replication: Achieving High Availability and Scalability
Your database is a single point of failure. If that one server goes down, your entire application goes with it. Replication fixes that.
16 Apr 2024
Optimizing Database Queries: Techniques and Best Practices
Most performance problems aren't in your application code. They're in your database queries.
15 Apr 2024
Exploring SQL vs. NoSQL Databases - Interview Question
"Should I use SQL or NoSQL?" is one of the most common interview questions in system design. The correct answer is always "it depends." Here's what it dep...
15 Apr 2024