Today, i learnt about fixed partition, where it handles about balancing the data among servers without high movement of data. In this blog, i jot down notes on how fixed partition helps in solving the problem. This entire blog is inspired from https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/distributed-systems-design-pattern-fixed-partitions-retail-kumar-v-c34pc/?trackingId=DMovSwEZSfCzKZEKa7yJrg%3D%3D Problem Statement In a distributed key-value store system, data items need…

Today, we faced a bug in our workflow due to implicit default value in an 3rd party api. In this blog i will be sharing my experience for future reference. Understanding the Problem Consider an API where some fields are optional, and a default value is used when those fields are not provided by…

Problem Statement Geeks For Geeks – https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/problems/count-possible-triangles-1587115620/1 Given an integer array arr[]. Find the number of triangles that can be formed with three different array elements as lengths of three sides of the triangle.  A triangle with three given sides is only possible if sum of any two sides is always greater than the…

Today, i came across Raul Junco post on mistakes in Event Driven Architecture – https://www.linkedin.com/posts/raul-junco_after-years-building-event-driven-systems-activity-7278770394046631936-zu3-?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop. In this blog i am highlighting the same for future reference. Event-driven architectures are awesome, but they come with their own set of challenges. Missteps can lead to unreliable systems, inconsistent data, and frustrated users. Let’s explore some of…

Today, i learnt about how idempotent post api can prevent us from processing duplicate request. In this blog i jot down notes on how to handle Idempotent Post Requests for future reference. Building an idempotent POST API ensures that making the same request multiple times produces the same outcome, without unintended side effects. This…