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Being a System Architect in the Age of AI: Tools Change, But the
How is the artificial intelligence revolution affecting system architecture? With 20 years of experience, I evaluate AI's promises and the unchanging.
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PostgreSQL MVCC: Common Mistakes in Application Development
Understanding PostgreSQL's MVCC mechanism is critical for performance and data consistency. Common mistakes and their solutions when developing applications...
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Push Notification Reliability: 3 Core Misconceptions
We examine 3 common misconceptions in push notification delivery and the issues they cause in real-world systems. Improving reliability...
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Why Mobile Push Notifications Don't Arrive: 3 Critical Reasons
I examine the technical reasons behind mobile push notification delivery issues with my 20 years of system architecture experience. Problems, solutions, and...
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Metrics and Trace Data: Fundamentals of Understanding System Issues
Mustafa Erbay shares his experiences on the importance, usage, and practical tips for metric and trace data to deeply understand system issues…
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Secret Rotation: Practical Ways to Enhance Security
Regularly rotating secrets in systems is a critical security step. Drawing from my own experiences, I'll discuss secret rotation strategies and practical...
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Metric Cardinality: An Overlooked Performance Burden or a Developer
How does metric cardinality affect system performance? In this guide, we delve deep into overlooked burdens and developer mistakes.
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REST vs. GraphQL vs. gRPC: 3 API Design Approaches Compared
A deep dive into REST, GraphQL, and gRPC API design approaches. I compare them with concrete examples to help you choose the best fit for your project.
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Mobile App Size Optimization: The Burden of the Development Process
We examine methods for reducing APK and IPA packages, R8/ProGuard settings, and CI/CD processes in mobile app size optimization.
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LLM Inference Caching: How to Balance Cost and Latency?
I explain the intricacies of LLM inference caching and what to consider when balancing cost and latency, with practical examples.
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Structured vs Unstructured Logging: Observability Fundamentals
Exploring the differences, benefits, and real-world applications of storing system and application logs in structured (structured) or unstructured.
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Agent Tool-Use: Why Are Real-World Risks Being Ignored?
A deep dive into the real-world risks of agent tool usage and why these risks are often overlooked, based on Mustafa Erbay's experiences...
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The Silent Death of the System: OOM Killer and My VPS Journey
A detailed look at the Out-of-Memory (OOM) Killer incidents I experienced on my VPS, the intricacies of system memory management, and the silent deaths caused.
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Overlooked Errors in My AI Content Pipeline: The Importance of
I explain how I solved duplicate records and token waste issues in AI content generation processes using idempotency principles.
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SQLite and Concurrency: The Lockout Experienced at islistesi.com
A first-hand account of the SQLite concurrency and lockout problems I faced in the islistesi.com project, with the solution steps and lessons learned.
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The Silent Dead End of Distributed Lock Mechanisms: An Operational War
We dig deep into the complex operational challenges, hidden dangers and potential dead ends of distributed lock mechanisms.
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Kernel Memory Wars: The Hidden Swap Trap and Its Solutions
Want to understand the hidden swap trap on Linux systems and learn memory management strategies for high-performance systems? Detailed…
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The Overlooked Detail of Disaster Recovery Testing
Disaster recovery tests aren't only about technology. In this post we dive into the human factor and processes that decide DR plan success...
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Vault Unlocked: The Hidden Secret in the Environment Variable
Environment Variables play a vital role in application configuration. But mismanaging them can leak hidden secrets and…
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The Cost of a Single Hardcoding Decision in System Architecture
An in-depth look at the long-term costs and risks created by a simple 'hardcoding' decision in system architecture.
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The Eventual Consistency Trap: The Mystery of the Lost Orders
A deep look at the risks the eventual consistency model brings to distributed systems, and how to prevent critical data loss like missing orders.
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Firewall Rule Dependencies in Production: A Network Nightmare
How do firewall rule dependencies in production turn network management into a tangled nightmare? I walk through the real challenges and the strategies…
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An Old Engineer's Notebook: The Automation Nightmare
In a world where we keep pushing the limits of automation, what is the cost of losing the human factor? Technology and the future from an old engineer's…
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Critical DNS Resolution Failure: The Invisible Network Disaster
Take an in-depth look at the invisible network disasters caused by DNS resolution failures and the impact this critical issue has on businesses.
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Certificate Expiry: The Silent Security Bombs in Production
The critical security and operational risks that expiring certificates cause in production environments, why they slip through the cracks, and effective…
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The Silent Betrayal of Reverse Proxy Buffer Settings
Discover the hidden impact of reverse proxy buffer settings on performance and security. Optimization tips and tricks on the Mustafa Erbay blog!
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The Hidden Trap of Time Synchronization: Phantom Bugs in…
Learn why time synchronization is critical in distributed systems and how to detect and resolve the elusive 'phantom bugs' it can cause.
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The Hidden Performance Killer in a VMware ESXi Cluster: Storage…
The source of those unnoticed performance problems on your VMware ESXi cluster might just be Storage I/O Control. A detailed look and optimization advice.
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Hidden Network Dependencies: The Anatomy of Silent Production Failures
Discover the hidden network dependencies that quietly bring production systems down. This article walks through the causes, symptoms, and prevention…
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Operational Crises I Have Faced Running GitOps for Cloud…
The operational crises I keep running into when I manage cloud infrastructure with GitOps — and the patterns that have helped me avoid the worst of them.
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Model Drift and Automated Rollback in Edge AI Operations
Discover the causes and types of model drift in Edge AI systems, plus how to handle the problem with automated rollback mechanisms.
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Certificate Expiry Nightmare: The Hidden Traps of Auto-Renewal
Explore the hidden traps and possible failure modes inside the auto-renewal process of certificates that are vital to digital security. Don't let your security…