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Understanding TLS, OIDC, OAuth, SASL, and JAAS

I kept seeing TLS, Okta, OIDC, OAuth, SASL, and JAAS together. They all relate to security, but they do not do the same job. This is the mental model I want to remember...

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Postgres CDC: Following Changes Through the WAL

Short tutorial on using CDC with Postgres...

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gRPC vs REST: Resources, Methods, and Streaming


A REST API exposes resources. A gRPC API exposes methods. That difference changes how we define the API, generate client code, serialize messages, and stream data between services...

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