Linux Cheatsheet 04 — Networking

Cheatsheet: ip command, ss, nftables/iptables, DNS, routes.

May 25, 2026 · 4 min · 680 words · Manvendra Rajpoot

Kubernetes Cheatsheet 16 — Networking Deep Dive

Cheatsheet: CNI plugins, pod-to-pod, kube-proxy modes, DNS, dual-stack.

May 23, 2026 · 3 min · 574 words · Manvendra Rajpoot

Design a CDN — Edge Caching at Internet Scale in 2026

End-to-end CDN design. Anycast routing, edge / regional / origin tiers, cache hierarchy, purge propagation, and the operational realities.

April 30, 2026 · 3 min · 599 words · Manvendra Rajpoot

gRPC Load Balancing in 2026 — What You Probably Got Wrong

Why gRPC over standard load balancers misbehaves, the right balancing modes (client-side, mesh-aware), and the patterns from production gRPC fleets.

April 30, 2026 · 3 min · 610 words · Manvendra Rajpoot

Cilium and eBPF in Production — The Sidecarless Service Mesh of 2026

Why eBPF won the cloud-native networking layer in 2026. Cilium architecture, sidecarless service mesh, network policy at L7, mTLS, observability with Hubble + Tetragon + Pixie, and the migration path from Istio.

April 29, 2026 · 8 min · 1541 words · Manvendra Rajpoot

Load Balancers Explained: L4 vs L7, Algorithms, and the Patterns Behind Scale

Everything an app developer should know about load balancers — L4 vs L7, distribution algorithms, health checks, sticky sessions, and which tools to reach for in 2026.

April 28, 2026 · 8 min · 1687 words · Manvendra Rajpoot