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Table of Contents Introduction 1. Understanding A2A and Defining the Problem 1.1 What is A2A? 1.2 Typical A2A Requirements 1.3 Example Scenario We’ll Use 2. High-Level Architecture 2.1 Core Components 2.2 Synchronous vs Asynchronous 2.3 Choosing Protocols and Formats 3. Local Development Setup 3.1 Tech Stack Choices 3.2 Project Skeleton (Node.js Example) 4. Designing the A2A API Contract 4.1 Resource Modeling 4.2 Versioning Strategy 4.3 Idempotency and Request Correlation 4.4 Error Handling Conventions 5. Implementing AuthN & AuthZ for A2A 5.1 OAuth 2.0 Client Credentials 5.2 mTLS (Mutual TLS) 5.3 Role- and Scope-Based Authorization 6. Robustness: Validation, Resilience, and Retries 6.1 Input Validation 6.2 Timeouts, Retries, and Circuit Breakers 7. Observability: Logging, Metrics, and Tracing 7.1 Structured Logging 7.2 Metrics 7.3 Distributed Tracing 8. Testing Strategy from Day One 8.1 Unit Tests 8.2 Integration and Contract Tests 8.3 Performance and Load Testing 9. From Dev to Production: CI/CD 9.1 Containerization with Docker 9.2 CI Example with GitHub Actions 9.3 Deployment Strategies 10. Production-Grade Infrastructure 10.1 Kubernetes Example 10.2 Configuration and Secrets Management 11. Security and Compliance Hardening 12. Operating A2A in Production Conclusion Further Resources Introduction Application-to-application (A2A) communication is the backbone of modern software systems. Whether you’re integrating internal microservices, connecting with third‑party providers, or exposing core capabilities to trusted partners, A2A APIs are often: ...

Introduction Whether you’re a developer, sysadmin, data scientist, or just curious about the command line, knowing the right Linux commands can save time and help you work more confidently. This guide covers the 50 most useful Linux commands, grouped by category, with concise explanations and copy‑paste‑ready examples. It focuses on commands available on most modern distributions and highlights best practices and safety tips along the way. Tip: Nearly every command supports a --help flag and has a manual page you can read with man. When in doubt, check command --help or man command. ...

Introduction Redis Access Control Lists (ACLs) let you define who can do what across commands, keys, and channels. Introduced in Redis 6 and expanded since, ACLs are now the standard way to secure multi-tenant applications, microservices, and administrative workflows without resorting to a single, global password. In this guide, you’ll learn how Redis ACLs work, how to design least-privilege access for different use cases, how to manage ACLs safely in production (files, replication, rotation), and how to audit and test your permissions before you deploy. ...

Introduction Port exhaustion is a pernicious, often misunderstood failure mode that can bring a high-traffic Nginx deployment to its knees. The symptoms are intermittent and confusing—spiky 5xx error rates, “Cannot assign requested address” in logs, and upstream timeouts—yet the root cause is usually simple: you ran out of usable ephemeral ports for outbound connections. In this article, we’ll explain what port exhaustion is and why Nginx is especially prone to it in reverse-proxy scenarios. We’ll cover how to diagnose it accurately, provide practical fixes at the Nginx and OS levels, and offer architectural strategies to prevent it from recurring. Whether you’re running bare metal, in containers, or behind a cloud NAT gateway, this guide will help you understand and solve Nginx port exhaustion. ...

Introduction Distributed systems run everything from streaming platforms to payment networks and logistics providers. Building them for production requires more than just connecting services—you need to understand failure modes, consistency models, data and network behavior, and how to operate systems reliably at scale. This article provides a high-level but comprehensive tour of the essential concepts you need in practice. It favors pragmatic guidance, proven patterns, and the “gotchas” teams hit in real-world environments. ...