Background Parts 1 and 2 established the what and the how fast — a stateless, chunk-driven pipeline with deterministic block IDs, reactive backpressure, and an adaptive concurrency controller functions under real cloud conditions. But speed and elegant architecture count for nothing if application crash at chunk 73 of …

Background In Part 1 we established RICS's foundational architecture — a stateless, chunk-driven pipeline with a hard separation between the data plane and the metadata-driven control plane. That foundation deliberately deferred one critical question: Once the architecture is right, how do you make it fast? Part 2 …

Background Imagine you need to move terabytes or petabytes of large files from AWS S3 to Azure Blob Storage, and that too with Reliability & High Throughput The naïve approach (download the whole file, upload whole file) collapses under real‑world realities: Network glitches Process crashes Cloud throttling …

Background As software engineers we spend so much of our time building these beautiful, complex data pipelines. We design them to move mountains of information... but let's be honest, we often cross our fingers and hope they don't break. And when they do? A pipeline that fails without making a peep - especially in a …

Background My previous article focussed on comparing solutions for performing parallel execution using Spring Core Reactor and JDK 21. This article will follow my previous article where I will provide comparative analysis of Virtual Threads based execution for Spring Core Reactor and JDK 21 based implementation. …

Background If you've ever had to implement business logic that involves concurrent execution along with heavy IO operations, you'll know it can be challenging! Recently, I had a chance to tackle such a use case and made some interesting discoveries about parallel execution in the Java ecosystem. I'll keep this concise …

Background For someone like me who's been an ardent fan of Rafael Nadal since 2008, hearing the news of his upcoming retirement absolutely shatters my heart. His departure from the sport feels like losing a constant source of inspiration and joy. The courts will never be the same without his relentless pursuit of …

Background In today’s world of distributed computing, network is the backbone of high-performance, low-latency enterprise applications. Understanding and optimizing the Linux network stack is crucial for achieving peak system performance. Here’s a breakdown of the key components: Network Components: Hardware: …

Background Lot of my pet projects have been built using Spring Boot 2.x version. Same might be applicable for all the enterprises and organizations who have been building Microservices based applications for their products / services using Spring Boot. During last year, Spring community made a major version upgrade and …

Background As I concluded my year-end break in 2022, I engaged in a profound professional introspection. The realization that struck me most profoundly was the depth of my understanding of the intricate software systems I've been architecting, maintaining, and optimizing for numerous years. The stark truth was that I …