Awesome blog posts

These are blog posts I read over the years. Some of them explain concepts in a way that’s easy to understand. Some discuss common pitfalls/misunderstandings which are helpful for a newbie. There are also some blogs that I like to read. They either have witty or neat content.

Computer Networking

• How NAT traversal works
• How CDN works
• Shortest URLs on the Internet
• HTTP Meme Okay, this is not awesome, it’s just a product by me :))

Programming

• Explaining dynamic programming to a 4 year old
• SOLID
• How to design a delayed scheduler in Java?
• Load Balancing
• Monorepo

Kafka

• A gentle introduction to Apache Kafka

Docker

• 10 Myths About Docker That Stop Developers Cold

Spring Boot

• Why field injection is evil

Git

• How to Write a Git Commit Message
• CHERRY-PICKING SPECIFIC COMMITS FROM ANOTHER BRANCH

Consensus algorithms

• Paxos
• Raft

Web

• CSS Grid

Cryptography

• Diffie-Hellman key exchange

Blogs

• wizard zines : Explaining programming concepts in a comical way
• Lam Do : Tips and guides for preparing and conducting interview
• Alex Xu : Explain complex systems with simple terms
• Ivan Velichko : Network, Docker, Cloud Native learning materials in drawings
• CPU land : Putting the “You” in CPU
• Exactly Once : On distributed systems

(To be updated…)