by Samantha Maresca | Jul 14, 2026 | Uncategorized
If you have ever deployed a Go HTTP service to Kubernetes, ECS, or a bare VM, you already know the pain: a deploy rolls out, your pod gets a SIGTERM, and suddenly users see 502s, half-written database rows, or dropped jobs. The fix has a name, and it is graceful...
by Samantha Maresca | Jun 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
If you’re building high-throughput services in Rust, sooner or later you’ll need a concurrent HashMap. Whether you’re caching API responses, tracking session state, or counting events at scale, the standard HashMap isn’t enough on its own...
by Samantha Maresca | May 7, 2026 | Uncategorized
Why Build a Key-Value Store in C? Key-value stores are at the heart of systems like Redis, LevelDB, and Amazon DynamoDB. If you want to truly understand database internals, there is no better exercise than building one yourself from scratch. In this tutorial, we will...
by Samantha Maresca | Apr 3, 2026 | Uncategorized
Why the Best Fonts for Restaurant Menus Actually Matter You might think a font is just a font. But when it comes to restaurant menus, typography quietly does some heavy lifting. The right typeface sets the mood before a single dish is read. It tells your customer...