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Why Redis Beats Databases for Job Queues in Multi‑Server Apps
Redis provides atomic operations, speed, and safe coordination across workers—making it ideal for job queues compared to relational databases.
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Databases, queues, APIs and the plumbing behind real production systems.
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Push to GitHub from a Web Form
Build a Node.js app that turns form submissions into JSON files committed to a GitHub repo using the Contents API.
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An Introduction to Database Normalization
This post describes the basics of database normalization, including normal forms 1NF, 2NF, 3NF, BCNF, 4NF, and 5NF