Pratik Shivaraikar
Stories of a Polyglot

Stories of a Polyglot

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Pratik Shivaraikar

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Everyone has stories to tell. 'Stories of a Polyglot' is a pensive of my experiences of dealing with different technologies and my learnings from them.

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Revolutionizing Data Security by Design

Aug 16, 202010 min read

For decades, we have benefited from modern cryptography to protect our sensitive data during transmission and storage. However, we have never been able to keep the data protected while it is being processed. Nearly 4 billion data records were stolen ...

Revolutionizing Data Security by Design

Evolution of Microservices

Jul 19, 202013 min read

The central idea behind microservices is that some types of applications become easier to build and maintain when they are broken down into smaller, composable pieces which work together. Each component is continuously developed and separately mainta...

Evolution of Microservices

Demystifying Containers

Jun 17, 202019 min read

Ever since Docker released its first version back in 2013, it triggered a major shift in the way the software industry works. Lightweight VMs suddenly caught the attention of the world and opened opportunities of unlimited possibilities. Containers p...

Demystifying Containers

You Don't Know Deno?

May 19, 202011 min read

When Brendan Eich, during his time at Netscape created JavaScript in 1995, I doubt that he seldom had any idea of what the language will grow out to be in the coming future. When Netscape partnered with Sun to take on their competitor Microsoft, Br...

You Don't Know Deno?

So you want to be a Python expert?

May 3, 202015 min read

With the global pandemic resulting in a world-wide quarantine, we're seeing a lot interest peeking in Python as language. Social-media, developer blogs and other platforms are flooding with blogs, videos, podcasts, etc. related to either getting star...

So you want to be a Python expert?

A Modern Alternative To Traditional Web Stacks

Mar 23, 202010 min read

Traditionally, when people initially started building for the web, they used to follow a particular pattern. There used to be a simple client-server architecture. The browser, acting as a client, used to request for stuff. The server, on the other ha...

A Modern Alternative To Traditional Web Stacks