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EP190: Cloudflare vs. AWS vs. Azure

Cloudflare is much more than just a CDN and DDoS protection service. Let’s do a quick comparison of Cloudflare, AWS, and Azure.

Top Strategies to Build High Availability Systems

In this article, we will understand what availability means and look at some of the most popular strategies to achieve high availability.

How Disney Hotstar (now JioHotstar) Scaled Its Infra for 60 Million Concurrent Users

In this article, we look at how the Disney+ Hotstar engineering team achieved that scale and the challenges they faced.

How Grab Built an AI Foundation Model To Understand Customers Better

In this article, we look at how Grab developed this foundational model and the challenges it faced.

EP189: How to Design Good APIs

A well-designed API feels invisible, it just works. Behind that simplicity lies a set of consistent design principles that make APIs predictable, secure, and scalable.

Scalability Patterns for Modern Distributed Systems

In this article, we will look at the top scalability patterns and their pros and cons.

How Tinder Decomposed Its iOS Monolith App Handling 70M Users

In Tinder’s case, deep inter-dependencies between those targets stretched what engineers call the critical path, which is the longest chain of dependent tasks that determines how long a build takes.

How Spotify Built Its Data Platform To Understand 1.4 Trillion Data Points

This evolution happened organically as Spotify’s products matured. With each new feature and business need, new data requirements emerged.

How Uber Built a Conversational AI Agent For Financial Analysis

Finch is designed to bring financial intelligence directly into Slack, the communication platform already used by the company’s teams.

EP188: Servers You Should Know in Modern Systems

Servers You Should Know in Modern Systems

Last Chance to Enroll | Become an AI Engineer | Cohort 2

After the incredible success of our first cohort, with nearly 500 participants, we’re thrilled to announce the launch of Cohort 2 of Become an AI Engineer!

Top Strategies to Share Data Between Services

In this article, we explore these questions in depth. We investigate the difference between sharing a data source and sharing data, and examine the main strategies used to share data between services.