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MQTT with Large Payloads and Limited Memory

MQTT with Large Payloads and Limited Memory

Usually, when I write backend code it is aimed to serve a frontend application or mobile app. But lately, I've been working on a project that consists of a backend server and a few tiny, power-limited embedded devices. The goal was to send images to ...

Tareq Rafid Banner Pixel Art (Cloud)

This is Tariq, SWE/Student Currently based in Cologne, Germany.

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Singleton Pattern in Python

Singleton Pattern in Python

Singleton is a simple, controversial yet common design pattern that all developers should be aware of If you're interested in loading this design pattern straight into your brain, understand why some developers consider it an anti-pattern well, that...

Factory Pattern in Python

Factory Pattern in Python

Factory Pattern aka Factory Method, Simple Factory is one of the most common Design Patterns out there. the Factory Pattern separates the creation of objects from its use case, in this pattern you have a factory object which holds the logic behind th...

Decorator Pattern in Python

Decorator Pattern in Python

Do you know why the other developers in your team hate you? not because they are jealous of your unique skills in overusing inheritance, Oh, wait... maybe it is. What problem does it solve? 🤔 The Decorator Pattern is one of the OOP's well-known patt...

Observer Design Pattern in Python

Observer Design Pattern in Python

Design Patterns are commonly tested solutions for problems developers face, one of the most known design patterns out there is the Observer Pattern, it's pretty common with apps that have GUI. for example in JavaScript observers are offered by the b...

SurrealDB, Database from the Future?

SurrealDB, Database from the Future?

WHAT IS SURREALDB!? SurrealDB is a multi-model database, its engine is powered by Rust, and it delivers a massive amount of features, it's fast, lightweight, schemaless, schemafull, relational, ACID, on-memory, in-disk, embedded and the feature list ...