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Manual Sharding in PostgreSQL: A Step-by-Step Implementation Guide

Implement manual PostgreSQL sharding with simple SQL routing functions and measure performance gains through benchmarking.

May 20, 2025

by Aditya Karnam Gururaj Rao

· 5,521 Views · 3 Likes

Next Evolution in Integration: Architecting With Intent Using Model Context Protocol

Model Context Protocol (MCP) introduces a design-first approach to integration, enabling intelligent, context-aware connectivity in distributed systems.

May 20, 2025

by Pradyumna Amasebail Kodgi

· 5,032 Views · 3 Likes

Building Reliable LLM-Powered Microservices With Kubernetes on AWS

This article explores how to design, build, and deploy reliable, scalable LLM-powered microservices using Kubernetes on AWS, covering best practices for infrastructure.

May 20, 2025

by Rajarshi Tarafdar

· 6,283 Views · 2 Likes

Tired of Spring Overhead? Try Dropwizard for Your Next Java Microservice

You'll learn how to set up your first Dropwizard project, create a RESTful API, and run it with an embedded Jetty server — all using minimal boilerplate.

May 20, 2025

by Mohit Menghnani

CORE

· 6,863 Views · 5 Likes

Parameters to Measure in Chaos Engineering Experiments

This journal outlines key parameters to measure in Chaos Engineering experiments, such as system performance, availability, fault tolerance, and user experience.

May 20, 2025

by Alex Kuriakose

· 2,906 Views · 1 Like

Secrets Sprawl and AI: Why Your Non-Human Identities Need Attention Before You Deploy That LLM

Your RAG implementation can expose secrets in some unexpected ways. Secure your LLM deployments and scrub knowledge bases to prevent your secrets from leaking.

May 20, 2025

by Dwayne McDaniel

· 3,529 Views · 2 Likes

How to Build Real-Time BI Systems: Architecture, Code, and Best Practices

This guide walks you through building a real-time Business Intelligence (BI) pipeline using tools like Apache Kafka, Spark Structured Streaming, and Apache Druid.

May 20, 2025

by Jagjot Bhardwaj

· 3,070 Views · 4 Likes

How Kubernetes Cluster Sizing Affects Performance and Cost Efficiency in Cloud Deployments

Learn how Kubernetes cluster sizing impacts performance and cost efficiency. Learn best practices for optimal resource management and cloud deployment success.

May 20, 2025

by Hitesh Jodhavat

· 6,425 Views · 2 Likes

Cloud Security and Privacy: Best Practices to Mitigate the Risks

Ransomware attacks, outages, and human errors all threaten your data. What cloud security and privacy measures should you take to address them?

May 20, 2025

by Milosz Jesis

· 3,486 Views · 3 Likes

Operational Principles, Architecture, Benefits, and Limitations of Artificial Intelligence Large Language Models

Large Language Models (LLMs) are advanced AI systems that generate human-like text by learning from extensive datasets and employing deep learning neural networks.

May 19, 2025

by Venkata Suresh Babu Chilluri

· 3,627 Views · 1 Like

Metrics at a Glance for Production Clusters

Cut through the complexity and spotlight the essential metrics you need on your radar to quickly detect and address issues in production Kubernetes clusters.

May 19, 2025

by Ruturaj Kadikar

· 4,348 Views · 2 Likes

The Smart Way to Talk to Your Database: Why Hybrid API + NL2SQL Wins

Plain-English questions against a live MySQL database in DBConvert Streams — and the five-table joins text-to-SQL wrote to answer them.

May 19, 2025

by Dmitry Narizhnykh

CORE

· 7,627 Views · 3 Likes

Building Resilient Identity Systems: Lessons from Securing Billions of Authentication Requests

Learn how resilient identity systems combine AI, automation, and zero-trust to defend against threats while maintaining secure and seamless user access.

May 19, 2025

by Kalyan Chakradhar Regula

· 3,528 Views

How To Build Resilient Microservices Using Circuit Breakers and Retries: A Developer’s Guide To Surviving

To prevent microservices from crashing due to flaky APIs, use circuit breakers, retries, and fallbacks. Build systems that fail smart, not hard.

May 19, 2025

by Mohit Menghnani

CORE

· 6,492 Views · 4 Likes

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Beyond the Basics

IaC has matured beyond basic scripting to offer scalable, secure cloud ops with reusable modules, testing, policy-as-code, and built-in cost optimization.

May 16, 2025

by Neha Surendranath

· 5,505 Views · 1 Like

Endpoint Security Controls: Designing a Secure Endpoint Architecture, Part 2

This outlines a layered approach to endpoint security, covering Zero Trust, Secure by Default, device approval, hardening, patching, malware protection, and encryption.

May 16, 2025

by Akanksha Pathak

CORE

· 5,404 Views · 1 Like

Secure by Design: Modernizing Authentication With Centralized Access and Adaptive Signals

Discover a scalable approach to centralized authentication using modern identity providers, reducing risk and improving access across enterprise systems.

May 16, 2025

by Sumana Malkapuram

· 3,550 Views

Accelerating Debugging in Integration Testing: An Efficient Search-Based Workflow for Impact Localization

Parallelized 5-Point Adaptive Search boosts debugging in CI/CD by rapidly finding failing builds using parallelism and early test result analysis.

May 16, 2025

by Arun Vishwanathan

· 3,215 Views · 1 Like

AI-Driven Root Cause Analysis in SRE: Enhancing Incident Resolution

This article examines how AI is transforming root cause analysis (RCA) in Site Reliability Engineering by automating incident resolution and improving system reliability.

May 16, 2025

by Nikhil Kapoor

· 5,009 Views · 5 Likes

AWS to Azure Migration: A Cloudy Journey of Challenges and Triumphs

Migrating from AWS to Azure isn’t a simple swap — it needs planning, testing, and adaptation, from cost benefits to Microsoft integration.

May 15, 2025

by Abhi Sangani

· 5,643 Views

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