HOCON vs YAML vs TOML vs JSON: Complete Configuration Format Comparison
Why Docker uses YAML, Rust picks TOML, and Akka chose HOCON over JSON
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Cloudflare Global Outage: How a Database Permission Change Broke the Internet
A 6-hour disruption took down ChatGPT, X, Spotify, Dropbox, and millions of sites worldwide - here's the technical breakdown and lessons for developers
Heartbeat: How Distributed Systems Know You're Still Alive
The simple signal that prevents your servers from becoming digital zombies
Your JSON is Costing You Thousands: Why TOON Might Save Your Budget
How a simple format change can reduce LLM API costs by 40-50%
Stop Blocking Your Paying Customers: Build a Smart Rate Limiter
How to protect your API without blocking legitimate users
Visitor Design Pattern
Separate algorithms from the objects they operate on
How Shopify Powers 5 Million Stores Without Breaking a Sweat
Inside the architecture that handles Black Friday at massive scale
WebTransport: The Protocol That Fixes What's Broken in WebSockets
How HTTP/3 and QUIC are changing real-time communication on the web
What Actually Happens When You Type a URL
From browser to backend server - the complete journey of a DNS request, with performance tricks and production insights
AWS US-East-1 Outage: How a Network Load Balancer Bug Took Down Half the Internet
A 12-hour disruption in AWS's largest region affected Netflix, Snapchat, Robinhood, and millions of users worldwide - here's what went wrong and what developers can learn
Interpreter Design Pattern
Build grammars and interpret expressions for custom languages
Postgres 18: The Release That Makes Databases Fast Again
Async I/O that's 3x faster, skip scans that actually work, and OAuth built-in - here's what this release means for your production systems
Java 25 is Finally Here: The LTS Release That Changes Everything
Simplified syntax, faster performance, and memory savings - here's what 3 years of Java evolution brings to your codebase
