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Sharing over a decade of architecture experience from Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent.

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Architect Chen
Architect Chen
Jun 2, 2026 · Backend Development

Unlock 10× Faster Responses: Inside Nginx’s Caching Mechanism

The article explains how Nginx’s two‑layer caching—browser and proxy—works, why it can reduce backend load and latency, often delivering more than tenfold performance gains for read‑heavy static content, and provides detailed configuration directives such as proxy_cache_path, proxy_cache, proxy_cache_valid, and best‑practice settings to ensure cache validity and avoid cache stampede.

CachingConfigurationNginx
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Unlock 10× Faster Responses: Inside Nginx’s Caching Mechanism
Architect Chen
Architect Chen
Jun 1, 2026 · Databases

15 Essential Redis Commands Every Engineer Should Know

This article provides a detailed walkthrough of the 15 most commonly used Redis commands—including key, hash, list, set, sorted‑set, and monitoring operations—showing syntax, return values, typical use cases, performance characteristics, and cautions for production environments.

CacheCommandsKey-Value Store
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15 Essential Redis Commands Every Engineer Should Know
Architect Chen
Architect Chen
May 31, 2026 · Operations

15 Essential Nginx Commands Explained

This article provides a concise, step‑by‑step guide to the fifteen most frequently used Nginx commands, showing how to check versions, start, stop, reload, test configurations, view logs, monitor connections and ports, and troubleshoot common errors on Linux systems.

CommandsConfigurationLinux
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15 Essential Nginx Commands Explained
Architect Chen
Architect Chen
May 6, 2026 · Backend Development

Comprehensive Visual Guide to Nginx Reverse Proxy Architecture

This article explains how Nginx functions as a reverse proxy, detailing its role as a unified entry point that hides backend servers, improves concurrency, and can be deployed in single‑node, load‑balanced, or multi‑layer architectures with concrete configuration examples and design considerations.

ArchitectureConfigurationNginx
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Comprehensive Visual Guide to Nginx Reverse Proxy Architecture
Architect Chen
Architect Chen
May 5, 2026 · Backend Development

Understanding Nginx Load Balancing: Compare 4 Common Scheduling Algorithms

The article explains Nginx’s core load‑balancing mechanisms, detailing four primary scheduling algorithms—Round Robin, Weighted Round Robin, IP Hash, and Least Connections—along with their advantages, drawbacks, and suitable scenarios, illustrated with diagrams and example configurations.

IP HashLeast ConnectionsNginx
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Understanding Nginx Load Balancing: Compare 4 Common Scheduling Algorithms
Architect Chen
Architect Chen
May 4, 2026 · Databases

What’s the Difference Between MySQL Redo Log and Binlog? (Interview Insight)

The article explains that MySQL redo log operates at the InnoDB engine layer to ensure transaction durability and crash recovery, while binlog works at the server layer to record logical changes for replication, archiving, and point‑in‑time recovery, highlighting their distinct layers, purposes, content, and write mechanisms.

BinlogCrash RecoveryInnoDB
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What’s the Difference Between MySQL Redo Log and Binlog? (Interview Insight)
Architect Chen
Architect Chen
May 2, 2026 · Cloud Computing

Docker vs Traditional VMs: 4 Key Differences Explained

The article compares Docker containers with traditional virtual machines across four core aspects—resource consumption, isolation mechanisms, startup speed, and deployment efficiency—showing that containers use shared kernels for lower memory and CPU overhead, provide process‑level isolation, start in under a second, and enable rapid CI/CD workflows.

ContainerizationDockerIsolation
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Docker vs Traditional VMs: 4 Key Differences Explained
Architect Chen
Architect Chen
May 1, 2026 · Operations

Comprehensive Nginx Command Guide (2026 Edition)

This article provides a detailed reference of essential Nginx commands—including startup, shutdown, reload, configuration checks, process signaling, debugging, and monitoring—explaining their effects, typical use cases, and the underlying behavior of master and worker processes.

ConfigurationLinuxNginx
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Comprehensive Nginx Command Guide (2026 Edition)
Architect Chen
Architect Chen
Apr 30, 2026 · Backend Development

Understanding Nginx Reverse Proxy: Detailed Principles and Configuration Guide

The article explains forward and reverse proxy concepts, walks through the key stages of Nginx reverse‑proxy processing—including TCP connection, request reception, upstream selection via proxy_pass, load‑balancing algorithms, and content forwarding—and provides a complete configuration example with header settings and load‑balancing strategies.

Backend ServersHTTPNginx
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Understanding Nginx Reverse Proxy: Detailed Principles and Configuration Guide