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Gastón Gaitan
August 30, 2025
Websockets
Websockets

Bidirectional communication channel between client and server over a single TCP connection

2 weeks, 5 days ago
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Gastón Gaitan
August 27, 2025
Code as a service VS Monolith VS Microservices
Code as a service VS Monolith VS Microservices

Different approaches to designing backend architectures.

3 weeks ago
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Gastón Gaitan
August 10, 2025
APIS vs Webhooks
APIS vs Webhooks

Two different ways to manage HTTP requests in a system.

1 month, 1 week ago
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Gastón Gaitan
July 25, 2025
Understanding Vector Databases
Understanding Vector Databases

Let's talk about a database to store data for AI models.

1 month, 3 weeks ago
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Gastón Gaitan
July 21, 2025
Concurrency vs Paralelism
Concurrency vs Paralelism

Two important and misunderstood concepts.

1 month, 3 weeks ago
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Gastón Gaitan
July 18, 2025
N + 1 problem
N + 1 problem

An issue that all back-end developers will face sooner or later, related to databases.

1 month, 4 weeks ago
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Gastón Gaitan
July 06, 2025
Understanding JSON Models in FastAPI
Understanding JSON Models in FastAPI

Structure the data that is transferred between client and server.

2 months, 1 week ago
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Gastón Gaitan
May 13, 2025
Docker Images and Containers in AWS
Docker Images and Containers in AWS

ECR and ECS in a nutshell.

4 months ago
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Gastón Gaitan
April 25, 2025
Unpacking Operator in Python
Unpacking Operator in Python

A useful tool to create sophisticated Python code.

4 months, 3 weeks ago
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Gastón Gaitan
April 24, 2025
Python multithreading with ThreadPoolExecutor
Python multithreading with ThreadPoolExecutor

Learn the multithreading module.

4 months, 3 weeks ago
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Gastón Gaitan
April 23, 2025
Run AWS locally with LocalStack
Run AWS locally with LocalStack

No need to spend money on AWS when you can simulate cloud resources using AWS CLI with LocalStack

4 months, 3 weeks ago
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Gastón Gaitan
April 19, 2025
What makes an API an API REST?
What makes an API an API REST?

Not all APIs deserve to be called REST.

4 months, 4 weeks ago
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Gastón Gaitan
April 12, 2025
Differences between HTTP and TCP
Differences between HTTP and TCP

My 2 cents to help more people to understand protocols.

5 months ago
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Gastón Gaitan
April 10, 2025
Dependency Injection
Dependency Injection

The main concept is : instantiate your objects outside the class, not inside.

5 months, 1 week ago
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Gastón Gaitan
April 04, 2025
Understanding AWS SQS Service
Understanding AWS SQS Service

SQS allow developers to implement queue services in AWS.

5 months, 1 week ago
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Gastón Gaitan
April 02, 2025
Python Virtual Environments
Python Virtual Environments

How python isolates its dependencies?

5 months, 2 weeks ago
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Gastón Gaitan
March 31, 2025
Controller-Service Pattern in Node JS
Controller-Service Pattern in Node JS

Structure backend applications by separating concerns.

5 months, 2 weeks ago
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Gastón Gaitan
March 27, 2025
How API Endpoints Work in Python
How API Endpoints Work in Python

After understanding the concept, let's get into practical knowledge.

5 months, 3 weeks ago
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Gastón Gaitan
March 24, 2025
Principio SOLID de responsabilidad única
Principio SOLID de responsabilidad única

Primer principio solid: menos responsabilidadades, mejor.

5 months, 3 weeks ago
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Gastón Gaitan
March 24, 2025
Aprender Inglés, con paciencia, cualquiera puede
Aprender Inglés, con paciencia, cualquiera puede

En español para mis compañeros hispanohablantes.

5 months, 3 weeks ago
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Gastón Gaitan
March 24, 2025
HTTP Method in APIS
HTTP Method in APIS

HTTP is a communication protocol used by APIS to connect client and server communcation.

5 months, 3 weeks ago
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Gastón Gaitan
March 24, 2025
Why Companies Migrate to the Cloud?
Why Companies Migrate to the Cloud?

AWS is a platform that allows developers to deploy each computing component without having to manag…

5 months, 3 weeks ago
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Gastón Gaitan
March 24, 2025
What is an API?
What is an API?

Essentially, it's a way for one software to interact with another.

5 months, 3 weeks ago