Application architecture explained in-depth with a real-world example
In my previous post on application architecture, I discussed various components that form a scalable web application architecture. That article will help you understand the basic building blocks of application architecture. Besides explaining the fundamental components, I’ve also designed the bare-bones architecture of a sports…
Leveraging the Backends for frontends pattern to avert API gateway from becoming a system bottleneck
In this system design series, I discuss the intricacies of designing distributed scalable systems and the related concepts. This will help you immensely with your software architecture and system design interview rounds, in addition to helping you become a better software engineer. Here is the first post…
Understanding API Gateway and the need for it
In this system design series, I discuss the intricacies of designing distributed scalable systems and the related concepts. This will help you immensely with your software architecture and system design interview rounds, in addition to helping you become a better software engineer. Here is the first…
CDN and Load balancers (Understanding the request flow)
In this system design series, I’ve started on this blog, I discuss the intricacies of designing distributed scalable systems and the related concepts. This will help you immensely with your software architecture and system design interview rounds, in addition to helping you become a better…
How Actor model/Actors run in clusters facilitating asynchronous communication in distributed systems
This blog post is a continuation of my previous post, in the system design series, on understanding the actor model to build non-blocking, high-throughput distributed systems. If you haven’t read it, I suggest giving it a read. Various Actor model frameworks, like Akka, ProtoActor, Actix,…
Understanding the Actor model to build non-blocking, high-throughput distributed systems
This is the fourth post in the system design series where I discuss the intricacies of designing distributed scalable systems and the related concepts. This will help you immensely with your software architecture and system design interview rounds, in addition to helping you become a better…
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