Understanding latency is essential in all parts of our systems, including registers, main memory, disk, and network.

Lets talk about encryption foundational topic in system design. Encryption involves converting human-readable plaintext into incomprehensible text, which is known as ciphertext and decrypting it back to plaintext again.

There are many discussions about which level of system granulation is the best. We went from monoliths to microservices and back again.

A deep technical dive into all things Redis. Covering various Redis topologies, data persistence and process forking.

How Relational Databases Work. This post talks about how indexes and transactions work on the inside of relational databases.