Reading time: about 10 minutes The problem Kafka solves Picture a small online store. A customer clicks “Place Order,” and the Order service has to: The first version is usually the obvious one: the Order service calls each of these directly. It works, until the email provider has a slow afternoon and checkout starts timing … Read more
In modern web application development, scalability and efficient resource utilization are key. ASP.NET Core gives us powerful tools to build high-throughput servers, and one of the most impactful features for performance is asynchronous programming using async and await. In this article, we will explore how async/await works specifically with the ThreadPool in ASP.NET Core and … Read more
Hey there! If you’re dipping your toes into programming or prepping for that big coding interview, you’ve probably heard about searching algorithms. They’re like the detectives of the data world – hunting down that one piece of info in a sea of numbers or names. In this chatty guide, we’re going to cozy up with … Read more