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A simple overview of the path a web request takes from the frontend to the backend server, including key stages and hidden costs.

Personal notes to my future self on what really happens when a request travels from the frontend through the kernel to the backend.

My personal notes on a blog I read about software design. The author explained why writing design documents can be more powerful than just code, diagrams, or slides.

The lecture explored how ChatGPT uses **Server-Sent Events** (SSE) and modern HTTP protocols (HTTP/2, HTTP/3) to stream responses and manage conversation state. *It covers key details like message IDs linking conversation context, short-lived tokens and pagination, and even a fun demo of two ChatGPT instances talking to each other.*

Explains how WebSocket connections are handled by proxies at Layer 4 (TCP) vs Layer 7 (HTTP), summarizing a lecture.

Understanding the right time to use threads in your applications: IO blocking, CPU-bound tasks, and handling large volumes of small jobs.

A clear guide to understanding proxies and reverse proxies, including use cases like caching, debugging, microservices, load balancing, and how they relate to real tools like NGINX and Fiddler.

A clear, personal overview of Nagle’s Algorithm, its role in TCP, why it causes unexpected delays, and why developers often disable it.