Envoy — When Static Reverse Proxies Meet Cloud-Native
Manual reload, static upstreams, weak L7 observability — four limits a static reverse proxy hits in a cloud-native environment, and the four mechanisms Envoy uses to address them.
Infra
VPC for Backend Engineers
Isolation, routing, connectivity, security — VPC’s four axes pulled into one place, framed around the decisions backend engineers actually face.
Web Server, WAS, Reverse Proxy — Three Different Problems
These three tools often sit in the same place but solve different problems. A look at how static content, dynamic content, and traffic mediation get split among them.
Kubernetes Fundamentals
Container orchestration basics and what backend developers need to know: core objects, networking, scaling with HPA, and operational essentials.
Docker Container Fundamentals
Covers container concepts, the differences from VMs, Docker’s architecture, and the basics of Dockerfile and Docker Compose.
Kafka Fundamentals and KRaft Mode
Core Kafka concepts (topics, partitions, consumer groups, replication) and the background behind KRaft mode, which removes the ZooKeeper dependency.