network-programming — 3 Technical Articles

Nov 9, 2022 · Fundamentals

Why Does a Server Need to Call listen()? Uncovering Linux’s Socket Queue Mechanics

This article explains why a server must invoke listen() after bind(), detailing the kernel's listen system call, how it creates and initializes the full‑connection and half‑connection queues, and how their lengths are calculated based on backlog, somaxconn, and tcp_max_syn_backlog parameters.

Socketbackendlinux-kernel

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Why Does a Server Need to Call listen()? Uncovering Linux’s Socket Queue Mechanics

MaGe Linux Operations

Jul 19, 2021 · Backend Development

Build a Full-Featured HTTP/HTTPS Proxy in Go: Step‑by‑Step Guide

This article walks through the concepts, protocols, and complete Go code needed to implement both HTTP and HTTPS forward proxies, explaining request handling, header transformations, and TCP forwarding while providing clear diagrams and runnable examples.

GoGolangHTTP proxy

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Build a Full-Featured HTTP/HTTPS Proxy in Go: Step‑by‑Step Guide

Python Programming Learning Circle

Mar 3, 2020 · Backend Development

Event‑Driven Programming and I/O Models in Python

This article explains the principles of event‑driven programming, compares traditional linear execution with event‑driven models, and details various I/O models—including blocking, non‑blocking, multiplexing, signal‑driven, and asynchronous—providing Python code examples and discussing their advantages and use cases.

AsynchronousIO ModelPython

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Event‑Driven Programming and I/O Models in Python