Professional Imposter Syndrome

CP Systems Explained: The Hidden Cost of Strong Consistency

Let's look at what CP systems actually do under the hood when they choose consistency over availability.

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January 2026

CAP Theorem Explained: Beyond the "Pick Two" Myth

Let's get to the bottom of what Consistency, Availability, and Partition Tolerance actually mean in production distributed systems.

Jan 20 • Ali

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February 2025

Cryptography for Software Developers

In this post I'll provide software developers with what I think is necessary information regarding cryptography and security.

Feb 5, 2025 • Ali

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November 2024

The Rise of Edge Computing

Bringing computing closer to data sources and ultimately the customer.

Nov 4, 2024 • Ali

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October 2024

Merkle Trees....continued (#4)

Today we'll be implementing Merkle Trees. This is building upon the last post.

Oct 9, 2024 • Ali

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September 2024

Merkle Trees (#3)

Today we're going to take a in-depth look at Merkle Trees, a fundamental data structure in the field of cryptography and an exhaustively used one in the…

Sep 26, 2024 • Ali

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Computer Networks 101 (#2)

For this weeks post we'll be taking a deep dive in to computer networks. Specifically the OSI and TCP/IP stacks and how it relates to modern networking.

Sep 17, 2024 • Ali

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Life At Amazon (#1)

An inside look at what it's like working at Amazon, more specifically Amazon Web Services.

Sep 9, 2024 • Ali

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August 2024

Hello, World

Hopefully the irony of the initial blog post being Hello, World hits everyone in the face.

Aug 23, 2024 • Ali

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April 2023