The Coding Gopher
Unfiltered software engineering. Deep dives into complex architectures: Redis, PostgreSQL, Terraform, etc. Backend development, system design, and the stuff tutorials skip.
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The Builder Design Pattern
If you have ever ordered a custom sandwich at a deli, you already understand the Builder Pattern. You don’t walk in and yell, “I want a sandwich with bread, turkey, no cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, no onions, and mayo!” That is overwhelming fo...
The Adapter Design Pattern
If you have ever traveled internationally, you know the frustration of staring at a wall outlet that looks completely different from the plug on your laptop charger. You don’t throw away your laptop, and you certainly don’t rewire the hotel...
Polling vs. Long Polling vs. SSE vs. WebSockets vs. Webhooks
“How does the client find out something happened on the server?” has exactly five common answers in modern system design, and they form a rough spectrum: from asking repeatedly and hoping, all the way to a fully open, bidirectional line tha...
Strategy Design Pattern Explained
As applications grow, one of the most common anti-patterns developers encounter is the dreaded “God method”—a massive function bloated with endless if, elif, and switch statements attempting to handle every possible variation of a bus...
The Outbox Design Pattern
Almost every service that publishes events has the same bug in it, and most teams haven’t noticed.
The shape is this: you save something to your database, then you publish an event saying you saved it.
def place_order(order):...
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