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Alex Xu @bytebytego.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

🔹 Caching: Stores responses temporarily to reduce the need for repeated processing.

Alex Xu @bytebytego.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

🔹 Rate Limiting and Throttling: Controls the number of requests a client can make within a certain period. 🔹 API Composition: Combines multiple backend API requests into a single frontend request to optimize performance.

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🔹 Load Balancing: Distributes requests across multiple servers to ensure no single server is overwhelmed. 🔹 Security: Implements security measures like authentication, authorization, and data encryption.

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It is essentially a middleman between the client and the server, managing and optimizing API traffic. Key Functions of an API Gateway 🔹 Request Routing: Directs incoming API requests to the appropriate backend service.

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API Gateway 101 An API gateway is a server that acts as an API front-end, receiving API requests, enforcing throttling and security policies, passing requests to the back-end service, and then returning the appropriate result to the client.

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Sahn Lam @sahnlam.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

HTTP/1 -> HTTP/2 -> HTTP/3

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Sahn Lam @sahnlam.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

How Credit Cards like VISA Work

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Sahn Lam @sahnlam.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

JSON Web Toke Visualized

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Sahn Lam @sahnlam.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

API vs SDK

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Sahn Lam @sahnlam.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Building Blocks for Scalable System Design

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Sahn Lam @sahnlam.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Developer Technical Growth Checklist

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Sahn Lam @sahnlam.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

API Security Checklist

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Sahn Lam @sahnlam.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Code to Diagrams Made Easy

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Sahn Lam @sahnlam.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Top 5 Kafka Use Cases

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Sahn Lam @sahnlam.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

A Visual Overview of Kubernetes

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Sahn Lam @sahnlam.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

It's not trivial to release a mobile app

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Sahn Lam @sahnlam.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

How does HTTPS work?

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Sahn Lam @sahnlam.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

A Visual Guide in CI/CD

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Sahn Lam @sahnlam.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

What is a Deadlock?

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Sahn Lam @sahnlam.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

How Does NAT Work Under the Hood?

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Sahn Lam @sahnlam.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Netflix Tech Stack This is based on research from many Netflix engineering blogs and open-source projects. If you come across any inaccuracies, please feel free to inform us.

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Sahn Lam @sahnlam.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

High Impact Open Source Projects

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Sahn Lam @sahnlam.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

How AirTag works?

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Sahn Lam @sahnlam.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Understanding the Linux File System Layout

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Sahn Lam @sahnlam.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

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Sahn Lam @sahnlam.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Two Ways to Proxy

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Sahn Lam @sahnlam.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

RESTful API Design Tips

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Sahn Lam @sahnlam.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Roadmap to DevOps Mastery

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Sahn Lam @sahnlam.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

How to Build Fault-Tolerant Systems

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Sahn Lam @sahnlam.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Quick Guide to Frontend Performance

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Sahn Lam @sahnlam.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Linux Boot Process Illustrated

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Sahn Lam @sahnlam.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Kafka 101

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Sahn Lam @sahnlam.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Redis 101

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Sahn Lam @sahnlam.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

API Security 101

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Sahn Lam @sahnlam.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Data Structures in Everyday Tech

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Sahn Lam @sahnlam.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Big Data Pipelines on the Cloud

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Sahn Lam @sahnlam.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

API Architectural Patterns at a Glance

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Sahn Lam @sahnlam.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Netflix Tech Stack This post is based on research from many Netflix engineering blogs and open-source projects. If you come across any inaccuracies, please feel free to inform us.