The Server-First Revolution: How React Server Components Changed Everything I Thought I Knew About Frontend Architecture

For eight years, I built React applications the same way everyone else did: render everything on the client, fetch data with useEffect, and watch the bundle size grow with every new feature. Then React Server Components arrived, and I had to unlearn almost everything I thought I knew about frontend architecture. Server Components vs Client […]

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Event-Driven Architecture on GCP: Mastering Cloud Pub/Sub for Real-Time Systems

Google Cloud Pub/Sub provides the foundation for event-driven architectures at any scale, offering globally distributed messaging with exactly-once delivery semantics and sub-second latency. This comprehensive guide explores Pub/Sub’s enterprise capabilities. Cloud Pub/Sub Architecture Overview Pub/Sub Architecture: Topics, Subscriptions, and Delivery Guarantees Pub/Sub implements a publish-subscribe pattern where publishers send messages to topics and subscribers receive […]

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Streaming Responses for LLMs: Implementing Server-Sent Events

Streaming LLM responses dramatically improves user experience. After implementing streaming for 20+ LLM applications, I’ve learned what works. Here’s the complete guide to implementing Server-Sent Events for LLM streaming. Figure 1: Streaming Architecture Why Streaming Matters Streaming LLM responses provides significant benefits: Perceived performance: Users see results immediately, not after 10+ seconds Better UX: Progressive […]

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