How I Use Cursor to Build at 1000x Speed
A deep dive into how I use Cursor AI to ship production features faster than ever, the workflows that actually work, and why my company sponsors the Ultra plan for every engineer
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A deep dive into how I use Cursor AI to ship production features faster than ever, the workflows that actually work, and why my company sponsors the Ultra plan for every engineer
Understand how clients and servers communicate over the network. TCP fundamentals, HTTP, WebSockets, Server-Sent Events, and API paradigms like REST, GraphQL, gRPC, and tRPC.
Learn how load balancers enable horizontal scalability by distributing traffic across multiple servers. Understand load balancing algorithms, request flow, and key advantages for building resilient systems.
Master database scaling from vertical to horizontal scaling, read replicas, sharding strategies, and partitioning techniques. Learn when to use synchronous vs asynchronous replication and how to choose the right shard key.
Deep dive into how database transactions work under the hood. Understand ACID properties, isolation levels, locking mechanisms, and implementation across PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MongoDB