Ethan K. Francis
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Cache-Aside API
Go API that checks Redis first, falls back to the database, with metrics on hits and misses
Search API
Python search API backed by OpenSearch to index documents and run full-text queries
Event Patterns
Hands-on Go demos for RabbitMQ and Kafka, comparing queues and event logs side by side
Learning Security
Enough security depth to design safer systems and ask better questions
Learning Networking
Routing, DNS, and isolation well enough to debug production and homelab outages without guessing
Learning Embedded Systems
Constraints, firmware, and hardware basics for when the server mental model stops applying