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Jul 19, 2020 · Fundamentals

Understanding Consistent Hashing: Principles, Design, and Real-World Applications

This article explains the fundamentals of hash functions, outlines the key characteristics of a good hash algorithm, and dives deep into consistent hashing—its background, mechanism, desirable properties, fault tolerance, scalability, and the use of virtual nodes to solve data skew in distributed systems.

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Understanding Consistent Hashing: Principles, Design, and Real-World Applications

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Jul 12, 2020 · Information Security

How to Create a Custom SMS Code Grant Type in Spring OAuth2

This tutorial explains how to extend Spring Security's OAuth2 authorization server by implementing a custom SMS‑code grant type, covering the necessary configuration classes, bean definitions, token store setup, and client usage examples.

Custom GrantJavaSMS Authentication

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How to Create a Custom SMS Code Grant Type in Spring OAuth2

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Jul 8, 2020 · Operations

Master Nginx: Comprehensive Guide to Reverse Proxy, Load Balancing, and Configuration

This article provides a complete walkthrough of Nginx, covering its roles as a reverse proxy, load balancer, static file server, and forward proxy, along with detailed configuration examples for global settings, HTTP blocks, server blocks, location directives, upstream modules, and stream handling.

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Master Nginx: Comprehensive Guide to Reverse Proxy, Load Balancing, and Configuration

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Jul 6, 2020 · Databases

Mastering MySQL HA: Step‑by‑Step MHA Setup and Failover Guide

This article walks through preparing a four‑node MySQL environment, configuring password‑less SSH, setting up master‑slave replication with GTID, installing and configuring MHA, testing connectivity, running the manager, verifying automatic failover, and highlighting the key advantages of using MHA for high availability.

Database operationsGTIDMHA

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Mastering MySQL HA: Step‑by‑Step MHA Setup and Failover Guide

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Jul 5, 2020 · Information Security

How to Build an OAuth2 Security Framework in Spring Cloud Microservices

This article explains the fundamentals of OAuth2, its four grant types and roles, and provides step‑by‑step Spring Boot and Spring Cloud configurations—including authorization and resource server setup, custom token filters, and Zuul gateway integration—to secure microservice APIs.

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How to Build an OAuth2 Security Framework in Spring Cloud Microservices

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Jun 28, 2020 · Backend Development

Mastering Java Exception Handling and Global Error Management in Spring Boot

This article explains Java's throw‑catch mechanism, the three core principles of exception handling, and demonstrates how to design a custom exception hierarchy and a Spring Boot @ControllerAdvice‑based global handler to simplify error processing and improve code maintainability.

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Mastering Java Exception Handling and Global Error Management in Spring Boot

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Jun 24, 2020 · Backend Development

Master Maven Version Management with BOM: Streamline Your Java Projects

This article explains how to use Maven parent POMs, properties, and BOM (Bill of Materials) to centrally manage version numbers across multi‑module Java projects, resolve dependency conflicts, and simplify builds for backend development teams.

Backend DevelopmentJavaVersion Management

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Master Maven Version Management with BOM: Streamline Your Java Projects