security

In this blog post, we will provide a high-level comparison between two popular database management systems, PostgreSQL and MySQL. If you are considering using either of these systems, this comparison will help you make an informed decision. Licensing PostgreSQL, an Open Source database, is owned by the PostgreSQL Global Development Group community and is licensed under the GPL license. On the other hand, MySQL is owned by Oracle and has two different licenses: an open source license and a commercial license....

Every HTTP request consists of a set of mandatory and optional headers. In this blog post, we will provide a comprehensive list of these headers along with their descriptions. Standard Headers A-IM A-IM: feed This header specifies the acceptable instance manipulations in the response. It is defined in RFC 3229. Accept Accept: application/json The Accept header indicates the acceptable media type or types. Accept-Charset Accept-Charset: utf-8 The Accept-Charset header specifies the acceptable character set....

The HTTPS protocol is an extension of HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol) that provides secure communication over the internet. Unlike HTTP, which is insecure by design, HTTPS encrypts the entire communication between your browser and the web server, ensuring privacy and security. When you request a webpage from a web server, your data goes through multiple trips between the browser and the server. Additionally, depending on the webpage’s content, there may be additional connections required to retrieve CSS files, JavaScript files, images, and more....

A database is a collection of information carefully organized into a system. The technology that allows us to organize data and represent the information necessary for an information system is called Database Management System (DBMS). A DBMS is software that encapsulates the data of a database and provides us with a centralized way to store, retrieve, edit, persist, and perform other operations on it. Let’s define some of the main properties of a DBMS:...

Serverless is a term that refers to a specific way of running programs without the need to manage your own server. Instead, you create a function and store it on a cloud server, which gives you a URL to call whenever you want to execute that function. The beauty of serverless computing is that someone else takes care of server management, scaling, and security, eliminating the need for you to worry about tasks like kernel updates or transitioning to the latest long-term support (LTS) release of your Linux distribution....