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Practical lessons from our engineers, designers, and product leaders—drawn from building dependable digital products at real-world scale.
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12 articles on technology, product, and design
A detailed engineering guide on how we reduced AWS RDS storage costs by 80% by migrating massive, rarely queried MySQL tables to an immutable S3 + Athena data lake using Parquet and Python.
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Boost database performance and reduce storage costs by indexing only what matters. Learn how to implement Partial Indexing in PostgreSQL and effective workarounds for MySQL using generated columns and functional indexes.
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A look at how a designer's role extends beyond creating visuals to shaping shared understanding and connecting diverse team perspectives for a stronger product outcome.
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A practical guide to how NLP measures similarity — from cosine and edit distances to advanced metrics that capture meaning itself.
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A deep dive into anti-bot and anti-fraud strategies for high-demand systems like ticket sales or limited-edition launches. This guide covers how to combat new account fraud, implement effective rate limiting, use device fingerprinting, and build a layered defense to make your system an unprofitable target for malicious actors.
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A journey through the evolution of text representation techniques, from simple encodings to powerful transformer-based models, showing how words became numbers that machines can truly understand.
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How data-driven 'Best Seller' and 'Must Try' tags on food delivery platforms enhance user experience, boost restaurant visibility, and streamline menu discovery through intelligent, scalable backend systems
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How we built item pairing feature for a food delivery platform using the Apriori algorithm and historical order data to boost user experience and order value
Read articleHow Ipsator engineered a visual experience that works even when the network doesn’t.
Read articleHow we reduced load times and saved over $15,000 by delivering optimized assets (images, JS, CSS, PDFs) using Cloudflare edge caching in IRCTC eCatering.
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An in-depth look at Ipsator’s complete infrastructure strategy—across on-prem, cloud, development, backup, and security—supporting mission-critical systems.
Read articleA deep dive into Ipsator’s origin story, engineering principles, tech stack, and culture. Learn how we’ve scaled platforms used by millions and the thinking behind the systems we build.
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