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🌐 The protocols and patterns connecting every system you build

Every web request, API call, and database query travels through a network. This category covers protocols like TCP/IP, HTTP, WebSockets, and gRPC, alongside concepts like DNS resolution, load balancing, TLS handshakes, and network latency. Understanding how data moves between systems is essential for building reliable, performant distributed applications.

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TCP provides reliable ordered delivery with connection setup overhead. UDP is connectionless and faster but unreliable — choose based on whether loss or latency is more acceptable.

2mo ago networking intermediate

Diagram: TCP/IP Model

The four-layer model (Link, Internet, Transport, Application) that describes how data is packaged, routed, and delivered across the internet.

2mo ago networking intermediate

Diagram: TLS Handshake

The negotiation process between client and server that establishes an encrypted HTTPS connection, agreeing on cipher suites and exchanging keys.

2mo ago networking intermediate

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