Paresh Yadav·2d agoRL-3 — The Race at 99: Atomic Updates and Counting AlgorithmsA shared counter fixes the multiplication problem and opens a smaller one. Two gateways read 99 at the same moment, and both let a request…
Laxman Naik·2d agoFrom Client - Server Communication to Secure API Design: A Developer’s Guide to HTTP, REST, JWT…Understanding how modern applications communicate, how APIs are designed, and how authentication works - from fundamentals to real-world…
jbook·3d agoWhat the Endpoint Actually AcceptsA provider’s documentation says an endpoint takes tool calls, a reasoning switch, and forced JSON output. You put all three into the…
Paresh Yadav·4d agoRL-2 — The Shared Counter: Identity, Policy and Document DesignA shared counter fixes the multiplication problem. It only works if the counter is keyed by the right identity and the right policy, and if…
Paresh Yadav·4d agoRL-1 — The Distributed Gatekeeper: Designing Rate Limiting for an Enterprise API PlatformA single gateway can rate limit with a local counter. Several gateways need shared state, and shared state alone is not enough: the updates…
Sakthi S M·4d agoBetween GET and POST: Say Hello to QUERYFor twenty years we’ve sent read-only searches as POST because GET couldn’t carry a body. HTTP finally has a method built for exactly that…
Abhi·4d agoWebhooks You Can Bank On: No Fakes, No Replays, No Double PaymentsA webhook endpoint is a public URL that can mark a payment as paid. Four checks, in the right order, and a drill that shows each one…
Sudipto K Haldar·4d agoShipping an MCP Server, Part I: Build It in PythonA stdio server with tools, resources and prompts, tested in-process and through a real client.A response icon1A response icon1
Roman Emreis·4d agoTwo Implementations, One BoundaryI Built Two LLM Clients. The Hard Part Was Deciding What to Share.
Mehmet Güngören·4d agoGraphQL vs REST: API Design Trade-offsYour mobile app displays a user profile. Name, avatar, follower count, and recent posts. The REST API has three endpoints: /users/:id…
