Network & Edge
DNS, CDNs, load balancers, gateways, and the protocols between the user and your first service.
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DNS, Anycast & Global Routing
DNS records and TTLs, GeoDNS, anycast, BGP, and DNS failover.
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CDN & Edge Caching
Push vs pull CDNs, origin shielding, cache keys, purging, signed URLs, and edge compute.
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Load Balancing
L4 vs L7, balancing algorithms, health checks, sticky sessions, and connection draining.
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API Gateway, Proxies & Service Mesh
Forward vs reverse proxies, API gateways, sidecars, and service mesh data and control planes.
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HTTP/1.1, HTTP/2, HTTP/3 & QUIC
Head-of-line blocking, multiplexing, server push, QUIC, 0-RTT, and connection migration.
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WebSocket, SSE & Polling
Short and long polling, server-sent events, WebSocket, and which to use for chat, notifications, dashboards, and token streaming.
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REST, gRPC, GraphQL & Serialization
REST, gRPC, and GraphQL, protobuf vs JSON, schema evolution, the N+1 problem, and streaming RPC.
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