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OSI Model

By aliek | March 27, 2026 | devops

A practical walkthrough of all 7 OSI layers using a simple end-to-end network flow, from bits on the wire to an HTTP request.

TCP vs UDP: A Practical Crash Course

By aliek | March 27, 2026 | devops

How TCP and UDP work, their pros and cons, and when to choose each protocol in real systems.

Access Tokens & Refresh Tokens: A Production Security Guide

By aliek | March 15, 2026 | dev

What access tokens and refresh tokens are, how they work together, and the exact patterns you need to implement them securely in production.

API Gateway, Load Balancer, and Reverse Proxy

By aliek | March 08, 2026 | devops

Clear breakdown of reverse proxy (SSL, caching), load balancer (traffic distribution), API gateway (auth, rate limiting)—with diagrams, real architectures, and decision framework.

ISO | Shutter Speed | Aperture

By aliek | February 08, 2026 | misc

Priotize the exporsure trinity

5 Essential Methods of Proof in Discrete Mathematics

By aliek | February 02, 2026 | math

Direct, contraposition, contradiction, counterexample, induction—essential for theorems in sets, logic, and combinatorics.

My carbon footprint

By aliek | February 01, 2026 | aliek

thinking to add random stuffs