Notes on Idempotency
The property that makes retries safe is also the property that makes systems boring in the best way — and boring is the goal.
Solutions Architect · Web & Mobile Developer
Srivaths Aripirala
Deep-dives on architecture, AWS, and the tools I build — plus shorter notes on whatever I'm chewing on. Now self-hosted, on purpose.
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A Static Blog for a Dollar a Month
S3, CloudFront and nothing else. Here is the exact stack, the parts that are easy to get wrong, and the bill to prove it is actually cheap.
Why I'm Leaving Medium
A paywall, an algorithm, and someone else's roadmap were never really mine to begin with. What finally pushed me to self-host.
A Small Caching Layer for a Slow API
One upstream call was taking 900ms and getting hit on every page load. Forty lines of cache took p95 latency from 910ms to 4ms.
Megalomania
Survival and Reproduction seem to be the most basic traits of any animal and it is not wrong to say Humans are also bound by the same principles. After all, we consider ourselves the most…
“Lokal” — Creating local communities to Tackle the Unemployment in India
For years now, one of the major problems in India has been the Unemployment. Almost three months of the lockdown due to the COVID — 19 made this even worse than before. As of June 10, 2020, the…
Why Customers choose Mobile apps over web apps?
It’s kinda certain that during this era people prefer more to use mobile applications rather than using a website. The most obvious reason for all this is that it’s much easier to operate and all…
Future of Data Science
“Everything about science is changing because of the impact of information technology”, says Jim Gary Turing Award winner. Data science is the “fourth paradigm” of science. Approximately, 2.5…
Mapaguru — Coaching Center Aggregator
Every nook and corner of any Indian city is crowded with coaching centers, study centers, training institutes, home tutors. They are struggling to take more students in and turn them into the next…
No More Closing Time For Your Coaching Institute
In a world full of 9 to 5 jobs, everything seems to follow a time table. Similarly, a coaching institute also has a schedule that they follow, no matter what. They have open time and closing time.…
State of Engineering Education In India
Nelson Mandela once said, “Education is the most powerful weapon that you could use to change the world.” Rightly explained in his words, for years now, education has been helping every one of us…
How To Stoop Your Coaching Institutes Marketing Budget To Zero
Every business, small or big requires a plan. With every student getting keener about their career goals & academics. Coaching institutes, home tuitions have sprung up at all the corners of the…
How To Attract Students To Your Institute
How to attract students to your institute in the constantly changing world of education? To achieve this you need to view things from the students perspective. The main goal of every student is to…
Keep Your Institutions Doors Open 24/7
According to the National Sample Survey Office 2015, every four out of five students in India attends tuition. The growing trend of attending coaching classes has highly increased the demand of…
Is Your Coaching Institute Visible To Students
India is a country with more than one billion people living in it, and gallons of business running around, so how do you make your coaching institute visible to students. As coaching institutes…
7 Tips to Increase Students at your Institute
For a long time, getting a rank achiever from an educational institute was enough to make it well-known. But in the changing market, there are other factors which attract a student to an…
Can Flyers, Hoardings Help Your Institute To Get Students?
When we step out of the house and into the market, there are so many things that attract our attention — one of the most prominent being the hoardings that hang still. There are various…
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