I write about programming, technoloy, and my journey to being a better developer.https://www.sohamkamani.com/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/pocketbase-svelte-kit-app-tutorial/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/pocketbase-svelte-kit-app-tutorial/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/about/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/about/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/uuid-versions-explained/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/uuid-versions-explained/This post will describe UUID v1, v4, and v5, with examples. We will go through their implementation and differences, and when you should use themuuiduuid4collisiondatasciencehttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/write-that-blog/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/write-that-blog/bloggingblogotherhttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/ai/prompt-tuning-with-meta-prompting/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/ai/prompt-tuning-with-meta-prompting/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/writing-better-blog-posts/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/writing-better-blog-posts/In this post I summarize the processes and techniques I use to write blog posts, and some tips that I've learned over the yearshttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/how-to-write-good-documentation/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/how-to-write-good-documentation/A comprehensive guide on how to write good documentation for your code and librariesdocumentationhttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/sql-guide/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/sql-guide/sqlhttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/application-monitoring-healthchecks/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/application-monitoring-healthchecks/architecturehttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/ai/what-are-ai-agents-and-how-to-make-your-own/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/ai/what-are-ai-agents-and-how-to-make-your-own/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/game-programming-introduction/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/game-programming-introduction/An introduction to the core concepts required to build a video game, while building a game of snakegamearchitecturejavascripthttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/stop-using-gifs/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/stop-using-gifs/gifwebhtmlhttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/web-security-basics/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/web-security-basics/A comprehensive introduction to web security basics like XSS, CSRF, SQL injection, and other important concepts to keep in mind when creating a website.https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/install-and-run-kafka-locally/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/install-and-run-kafka-locally/kafkahttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/docker/busybox-guide/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/docker/busybox-guide/This post will go through how to build and run a BusyBox container in Docker and run custom executables on it, using Go (Golang) as an examplehttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/2019-03-29-polymorphism-without-interfaces/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/2019-03-29-polymorphism-without-interfaces/A demonstration on using polymorphism in Go without using interfacesgogolanghttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/2018-06-20-golang-factory-patterns/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/2018-06-20-golang-factory-patterns/A tutorial explaining how factory patterns are implemented in Go, with example code showing how to create factory functions and factory methodsgogolangfactoryhttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/arrays-vs-slices/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/arrays-vs-slices/This post will cover everything you need to know about arrays and slices in Go, and the differences between them.gogolangarrayslicehttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/data-science/tensorflow-introduction/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/data-science/tensorflow-introduction/machinelearningtensorflowpythondatasciencehttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/docker/mongo-replica-set/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/docker/mongo-replica-set/This tutorial is a beginner friendly way to set up your own MongoDB replica sets using docker, and docker-compose.https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/data-science/linear-regression-python/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/data-science/linear-regression-python/pythonmathmachine_learningstatistical_learningdatasciencehttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/channels/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/channels/An introduction on channels in Go, and how to visualize themgogolangchannelhttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/constructors/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/constructors/golanghttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/context/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/context/How to use Go's context package to make faster and more robust applications.gogolangcontexthttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/data-races/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/data-races/What is a data race? What causes it? How to fix it?gogolanghttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/defer/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/defer/This post talks about the special "defer" keyword in Go. We look at some advanced features and code examples to know how and when to use "defer" in your Go application.golanghttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/enums/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/enums/How to implement enumeration types in Go (Golang), illustrated with examples and sample codegogolanghttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/error-handling/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/error-handling/Dive deep into Go error handling, covering best practices, custom error types, and techniques for effective debugging.gogolanghttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/command-pattern/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/command-pattern/This article explains how to implement the command design pattern in Go with example code, as well as sample use cases.gogolangcommandhttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/exec-shell-command/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/exec-shell-command/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/functions-vs-methods/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/functions-vs-methods/What is the difference between functions and methods in Go? When do we use them?gogolanghttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/heap/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/heap/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/how-to-build-a-web-application/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/how-to-build-a-web-application/An end to end tutorial on how to build a full stack web application in golanggogolangwebhttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/http-client/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/http-client/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/iota/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/iota/golanghttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/json/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/json/This post will describe how to marshal and unmarshal JSON in Go. We will learn how to convert from JSON raw data into Go types like structs, maps, and slicesgogolangjsonhttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/make/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/make/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/omitempty/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/omitempty/golanghttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/options-pattern/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/options-pattern/This post describes how to use the option pattern to implement functional options in Go. Functional options provide greater flexibility and a more explicit interface when creating new objects.gogolangoptionshttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/maps/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/maps/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/oauth/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/oauth/This post explains how to implement OAuth 2.0 in a Golang applicationgogolangoauthsecurityhttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/jwt-authentication/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/jwt-authentication/A tutorial on building a web application in Go that uses JWT (JSON web token) based authenticationjwtgolanghttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/mutex/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/mutex/This tutorial describes how to use mutexes to prevent race conditions in Go (Golang), as well as the different kinds of mutexes (sync.Mutex and sync.RWMutex)golanghttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/password-authentication-and-storage/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/password-authentication-and-storage/This post demonstrates how to sign up and sign in users using password authentication in Gogogolanghttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/sql-database/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/sql-database/This post will go through how to interact with an SQL database in Go, and how to make your Go application production ready when it comes to connecting and querying your database server.gogolanghttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/rsa-encryption/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/rsa-encryption/A comprehensive guide on RSA Encryption and Signing, and how to implement them in Golanggogolangoptionshttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/time/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/time/This tutorial will teach you how to work with Time in Go (Golang) - including how to parse and format date-time strings, add and subtract time durations, and get the current system time.gogolanghttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/sql-transactions/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/sql-transactions/This article explains what database transactions are, and how to implement them in Go (Golang)sqlgogolanghttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/session-cookie-authentication/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/session-cookie-authentication/How to authenticate users using sessions and cookies in a Golang server applicationgogolangwebsessionsecurityuuidhttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/type-conversion/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/type-conversion/Explaining type assertions and type conversions in Go(Golang), and when to use themgolanghttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/telegram-bot/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/telegram-bot/This tutorial will go through a straightforward set of steps to get a responsive telegram bot up and running from scratch in Golangtelegramchatbotgogolanghttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/variables/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/variables/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/working-with-kafka/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/working-with-kafka/This post will show you how to create a Kafka producer and consumer in Go (Golang). It will also show you the various configuration options, and how to tune them for a production setup.https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/cloud/appengine-monitoring/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/cloud/appengine-monitoring/We will learn how to view application logs for our AppEngine application, as well as view metrics for throughput, latency and resource usage.https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/cloud/gcp-authentication/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/cloud/gcp-authentication/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/cloud/vertex-ai/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/cloud/vertex-ai/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/hugo/lazy-load-disqus-comments/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/hugo/lazy-load-disqus-comments/hugogolanghttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/cloud/appengine-scaling/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/cloud/appengine-scaling/In this post, we'll learn how to manage and scale your App Engine resources, and the difference between basic, manual, and auto scaling. We'll also learn how to manage instance classes to increase the memory and CPU available to each instance.https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/javascript/builder-pattern/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/javascript/builder-pattern/Learn how to use the builder pattern in Javascript, and see some code examples, as well as advanced concepts like validation and fixed attribute options.javascripthttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/javascript/enums/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/javascript/enums/How to implement and use enumerations (or enum types) in Javascriptjavascriptenumshttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/sets/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/golang/sets/This post describes how we can use the existing native data structures to implement sets (and hash-sets) in Go.golanghttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/javascript/d3-geo-projections/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/javascript/d3-geo-projections/This post explains how D3 projections work and how D3 draws maps with GeoJSONjavascriptd3https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/javascript/localstorage-with-ttl-expiry/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/javascript/localstorage-with-ttl-expiry/This post will explain how to implement expiry times for items stored in the browsers localStorage.javascripthtml5https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/javascript/google-firebase-sync/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/javascript/google-firebase-sync/googlesheetsfirebasedatasyncotherhttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/javascript/closures/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/javascript/closures/In this post, we will understand what closures are, and go through a few examples to solidify our understanding of them.javascriptclosurejshttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/javascript/promises/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/javascript/promises/javascripthttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/javascript/single-thread-and-async/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/javascript/single-thread-and-async/nodejavascripthttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/javascript/symbols/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/javascript/symbols/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/nodejs/create-testing-framework/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/nodejs/create-testing-framework/This post describes how to create a test runner for Node.js in only a few lines of code, without using any external librariesnodejavascripttestinghttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/nodejs/expressjs-architecture/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/nodejs/expressjs-architecture/javascriptnodejsexpresshttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/nodejs/http2/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/nodejs/http2/This post will explain what HTTP/2 is, and how we can make use of its features in Node.js. We will learn how to create an HTTP/2 client and server, along with some advanced concepts like routing and timeouts.nodejavascripthttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/nodejs/file-system/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/nodejs/file-system/A complete guide to working with the file system with Node.js. This article explains the most common operations like reading, writing and creating files with Node.js, with working examplesnodejavascriptfilehttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/nodejs/nightwatch-js/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/nodejs/nightwatch-js/nodehtml5nightwatchjse2etestinghttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/nodejs/jwt-authentication/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/nodejs/jwt-authentication/In this post, we will learn how to implement JWT (JSON Web Token) based authentication in Node.js, and build a complete server application as an examplejwtnodejavascripthttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/nodejs/mongodb-express-rest-api/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/nodejs/mongodb-express-rest-api/A tutorial on building a REST API with Node.js using Express.js and MongoDBhttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/nodejs/oauth/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/nodejs/oauth/This post explains how to implement OAuth 2.0 using Node.jsjavascriptnodejsnodejsoauthsecurityhttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/nodejs/executing-shell-commands/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/nodejs/executing-shell-commands/This tutorial will teach you how to execute shell commands, and even your own custom shell scripts with Node.js.nodejshttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/nodejs/python-communication/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/nodejs/python-communication/jekyllupdatejavascripthttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/nodejs/sql-transactions/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/nodejs/sql-transactions/This article explains what database transactions are, and how to implement them in Node.jssqljavascriptnodehttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/nodejs/redis-cache/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/nodejs/redis-cache/javascriptnodejsrediscachingcachehttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/nodejs/rsa-encryption/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/nodejs/rsa-encryption/A comprehensive guide on RSA Encryption, Decryption and Signing, and how to implement them in Node.jsnodejavascriptrsahttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/nodejs/telegram-bot/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/nodejs/telegram-bot/telegrambotjavascriptnodejshttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/system-design/idempotence/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/system-design/idempotence/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/nodejs/working-with-kafka/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/nodejs/working-with-kafka/This post will show you how to create a Kafka producer and consumer in Node.js. It will also show you the various configuration options, and how to tune them for a production setup.https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/java/appengine/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/java/appengine/In this tutorial we will learn how to deploy and run a Java Spring Boot application to Google App Engine.https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/java/bigquery/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/java/bigquery/This post will highlight the basics of BigQuery and how to read, write and administer your BigQuery dataset in a Java application.javahttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/nodejs/session-cookie-authentication/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/nodejs/session-cookie-authentication/How to authenticate users using sessions and cookies in a Node.js server applicationnodejsjavascriptwebsessionsecurityuuidhttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/java/cli-app-with-maven/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/java/cli-app-with-maven/A tutorial on how to run a java application with maven commands on the command linejavahttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/java/cloudsql/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/java/cloudsql/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/java/creating-an-mcp-server/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/java/creating-an-mcp-server/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/java/google-cloud-storage/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/java/google-cloud-storage/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/java/gemini-vertex-api/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/java/gemini-vertex-api/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/java/jdbc-postgresql/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/java/jdbc-postgresql/In this tutorial, we'll learn how to connect to a Postgres database using JDBC, and run basic SQL queries (Select, Insert, Update, Delete) in our Java application.https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/java/spring-ai-rag-application/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/java/spring-ai-rag-application/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/java/openrouter/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/java/openrouter/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/java/virtual-threads-spring-boot/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/java/virtual-threads-spring-boot/A practical guide to understanding and enabling Java's new Virtual Threads in a Spring Boot 3.2+ application to dramatically improve performance and concurrency with just a single line of code.https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/unix/base64-encode-decode/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/unix/base64-encode-decode/A tutorial on encoding and decoding data into Base64 using Unix command line toolshttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/java/spring-oauth2-authentication/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/java/spring-oauth2-authentication/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/java/spring-jwt-authentication/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/java/spring-jwt-authentication/spring-securityhttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/java/kafka/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/java/kafka/This post will show you how to create a Kafka producer and consumer in Java. It will also show you the various configuration options, and how to tune them for a production setup.https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/reactjs/chat-application/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/reactjs/chat-application/An end to end tutorial on building a chat application with Reacthttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/reactjs/redux-call-api/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/reactjs/redux-call-api/reactreduxapishttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/typescript/rest-http-api-call/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/typescript/rest-http-api-call/A tutorial on how add types to REST API calls using Typescript.apitypescriptjavascripthttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/reactjs/combining-context/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/reactjs/combining-context/How to combine and merge two or more React contextsreactcontexthttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/reactjs/redux-connect/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/reactjs/redux-connect/reactreduxconnecthttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/java/ecosystem/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/java/ecosystem/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/reactjs/typescript/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/reactjs/typescript/Tips and tricks on how to use React with Typescriptreacttypescripthttps://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/java/spring-rest-http-server/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/java/spring-rest-http-server/This tutorial will explain how to run a RESTful HTTP server using the Spring Boot framework.https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/java/creating-ai-agents-with-spring-boot/https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/java/creating-ai-agents-with-spring-boot/