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Apache Kafka — Core Concepts and When to Use It

Topics, partitions, consumer groups, and the use cases where Kafka excels.

Kafka streaming event log topics partitions
2 views Mar 30, 2026
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Introduction to Data Pipelines

What a data pipeline is, the core stages, and when to build vs buy.

data pipeline ETL ELT ingest transform
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Article Data & Platform

DuckDB — Blazing Fast Local Analytics

When to reach for DuckDB instead of Spark, and how to use it effectively.

DuckDB analytics local Parquet S3
3 views Mar 30, 2026
Article Data & Platform

Real-Time Analytics Architecture Patterns

Lambda, Kappa, HTAP, and choosing the right pattern for sub-second analytics.

real-time analytics ClickHouse Druid Flink HTAP
3 views Mar 30, 2026
Article Data & Platform

Stream Processing with Apache Flink

Event time vs processing time, windows, stateful operators, and production deployment.

Flink stream processing event time watermarks windows
3 views Mar 30, 2026
Article Product Engineering

Background Job Queue Design

Idempotency, retries, dead letter queues, and job observability.

background jobs queue idempotency DLQ retry
2 views Mar 30, 2026
Article Data & Platform

ETL vs ELT — Which Pattern Should You Use?

Understand the difference between Extract-Transform-Load and Extract-Load-Transform and when each fits.

ETL ELT data warehouse dbt Snowflake
2 views Mar 30, 2026
Article Data & Platform

Apache Spark — Core Concepts and When to Use It

RDDs, DataFrames, Spark SQL, and the use cases where Spark is the right tool.

Spark Apache Spark DataFrames distributed compute Spark SQL
2 views Mar 30, 2026
Article Data & Platform

Batch vs Streaming Pipelines — Choosing the Right Pattern

Lambda architecture, Kappa architecture, and practical guidance for choosing.

batch streaming Lambda architecture Kappa architecture Flink
2 views Mar 30, 2026
Article Product Engineering

Event Sourcing and CQRS — Practical Implementation

Event store design, projection rebuilding, and operational realities.

event sourcing CQRS event store projection snapshot
2 views Mar 30, 2026
Article Product Engineering

gRPC Service Design — Protocol Buffers and Production Patterns

Proto file design, streaming, deadlines, interceptors, and error handling.

gRPC Protocol Buffers proto3 streaming interceptors
2 views Mar 30, 2026
Article Product Engineering

Microservices Communication — Sync vs Async Patterns

REST, gRPC, message queues, and choosing the right pattern for each interaction.

microservices gRPC REST message queue Kafka
2 views Mar 30, 2026
Article Product Engineering

Message Queue Patterns — SQS, RabbitMQ, and Dead Letter Queues

Fan-out, work queues, priority queues, and poison message handling.

message queue SQS RabbitMQ DLQ fan-out
2 views Mar 30, 2026
Article Product Engineering

Serverless Architecture — When Functions Work and When They Don't

Cold starts, event-driven patterns, cost model, and the right use cases.

serverless AWS Lambda cold start event-driven FaaS
2 views Mar 30, 2026
Article Product Engineering

Designing a Reliable Webhook System

Delivery guarantees, signature verification, retry logic, and consumer best practices.

webhooks HMAC signature verification idempotency retry
2 views Mar 30, 2026