Pradip Dharam

Databases

Primary Database Failure and Replica Lag

A primary database goes down. Writes start failing. One replic…

Pradip Dharam -Sunday, September 06, 2026

Databases

The Trade-Off of Routing Reads to the Primary Replica

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗢𝗳 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀 𝗧𝗼 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗿?…

Pradip Dharam -Sunday, September 06, 2026

Databases

Returning Reads to Replicas After Consistency Is Satisfied

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗥𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗼 ?…

Pradip Dharam -Sunday, September 06, 2026

Databases

Sticky Reads and Session Consistency: How Bounded Read Routing Works

A user changes their profile name from Alex to Alexander . The…

Pradip Dharam -Sunday, September 06, 2026

Databases

How Replication Lag Tracking Actually Works

A user updates their profile. The primary commits the change . B…

Pradip Dharam -Sunday, September 06, 2026

Databases

How to Route Reads Between Primary and Replicas After a Write

How to Route Reads Between Primary and Replicas After a Write A…

Pradip Dharam -Sunday, September 06, 2026

Databases

Read-After-Write Consistency: Handling Stale Reads in Distributed Databases

A user changes their profile name from “Alex” to “Alexander.” …

Pradip Dharam -Sunday, September 06, 2026

API

RPC vs REST vs gRPC: Understanding API Communication and REST Statelessness

RPC vs REST vs gRPC: Understanding API Communication API design …

Pradip Dharam -Sunday, August 23, 2026

Distributed Systems

Event Streams, Log Compaction and Derived Systems Explained

Event Streams, Log Compaction and Derived Systems Explained A d…

Pradip Dharam -Sunday, August 23, 2026