# clearly explained (blogs) — RSS Amplifier

Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover clearly explained.

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## [How Kubernetes Actually Works](https://blog.levelupcoding.com/p/how-kubernetes-actually-works)

_2026-08-21 · Nikki Siapno · Level Up Coding System Design Newsletter_

The mental model that makes Kubernetes click.

## [What is (was?) GIL in Python?](https://blog.dailydoseofds.com/p/what-is-was-gil-in-python-d13)

_2026-08-20 · Avi Chawla · Daily Dose of Data Science_

...explained with code.

## [Kimi K3's Sandbox Problem Finally Has an Open-Source Fix](https://blog.dailydoseofds.com/p/kimi-k3s-sandbox-problem-finally)

_2026-08-19 · Avi Chawla · Daily Dose of Data Science_

...explained with code.

## [Grok Bot Masterclass](https://blog.dailydoseofds.com/p/grok-bot-masterclass)

_2026-08-18 · Avi Chawla · Daily Dose of Data Science_

Everything you need to understand, set up, and get real work out of Grok Bot.

## [How a GPU Actually Works](https://blog.dailydoseofds.com/p/how-a-gpu-actually-works)

_2026-08-17 · Avi Chawla · Daily Dose of Data Science_

The intuition an LLM engineer needs. Understand techniques like quantization, speculative decoding, and continuous batching in one place.

## [A Cheaper Model Does Not Imply a Cheaper Turn](https://blog.dailydoseofds.com/p/a-cheaper-model-does-not-imply-a)

_2026-08-16 · Avi Chawla · Daily Dose of Data Science_

The practical implications of model routing, clearly explained.

## [How Production LLMs Reason Better At Inference Time](https://blog.dailydoseofds.com/p/how-production-llms-reason-better)

_2026-08-14 · Avi Chawla · Daily Dose of Data Science_

8 techniques, explained visually.

## [Continuous Batching in LLMs](https://blog.dailydoseofds.com/p/continuous-batching-in-llms)

_2026-08-13 · Avi Chawla · Daily Dose of Data Science_

The technique behind vLLM's 23x throughput jump and the default scheduler in every serving engine.

## [\[Hands-on\] Audio RAG with 200x Cheaper Vector DB Costs](https://blog.dailydoseofds.com/p/hands-on-audio-rag-with-200x-cheaper-4f0)

_2026-08-12 · Avi Chawla · Daily Dose of Data Science_

...while also outperforming OpenAI and Cohere.

## [Karpathy's Full Agentic Engineering Lifecycle using Google's Agents-CLI](https://blog.dailydoseofds.com/p/karpathys-full-agentic-engineering)

_2026-08-11 · Avi Chawla · Daily Dose of Data Science_

...explained as step-by-step guide.

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_2026-08-11 · **Sponsored**_

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## [How to Query Billion+ Rows on Postgres Without the Overhead](https://blog.dailydoseofds.com/p/how-to-query-billion-rows-on-postgres)

_2026-08-10 · Avi Chawla · Daily Dose of Data Science_

...explained as a full setup guide.

## [A 10-week Roadmap to Run LLMs in Production](https://blog.dailydoseofds.com/p/a-10-week-roadmap-to-run-llms-in)

_2026-08-09 · Avi Chawla · Daily Dose of Data Science_

...covered with hands-on resources.

## [\[Hands-on\] Build Semantic Search Inside Your Database Without an Embedding Pipeline](https://blog.dailydoseofds.com/p/hands-on-build-semantic-search-inside)

_2026-08-07 · Avi Chawla · Daily Dose of Data Science_

...explained with code.

## [The Missing Piece of Agent Self-Improvement](https://blog.dailydoseofds.com/p/the-missing-piece-of-agent-self-improvement)

_2026-08-06 · Avi Chawla · Daily Dose of Data Science_

...explained step-by-step with code.

## [\[Hands-on\] How to Serve 5 Models On One GPU](https://blog.dailydoseofds.com/p/hands-on-how-to-serve-5-models-on)

_2026-08-05 · Avi Chawla · Daily Dose of Data Science_

How small specialized models are changing inference infrastructure, and why serving them efficiently takes more than standard serving frameworks.

## [REST API Authentication Methods Clearly Explained](https://blog.levelupcoding.com/p/rest-api-authentication-methods)

_2026-08-05 · Nikki Siapno · Level Up Coding System Design Newsletter_

8 API authentication methods every developer should know.

## [Why Your Agent Remembers Everything and Understands Nothing](https://blog.dailydoseofds.com/p/why-your-agent-remembers-everything)

_2026-08-04 · Avi Chawla · Daily Dose of Data Science_

Building a pattern recognition layer for memory in production.

## [The Hands-on AI Engineer Playbook to Build RAG Apps for Production](https://blog.dailydoseofds.com/p/the-hands-on-ai-engineer-playbook)

_2026-08-03 · Avi Chawla · Daily Dose of Data Science_

Why RAG latency is a prefill problem, not a retrieval problem.

## [What OpenAI’s Data Agent Teaches Us About Building Reliable AI Agents](https://blog.levelupcoding.com/p/how-openai-built-its-data-agent)

_2026-08-02 · Nikki Siapno · Level Up Coding System Design Newsletter_

How OpenAI built its data agent to work across 70,000 datasets.

## [Build a Stock Market Research Agentic Workflow​](https://blog.dailydoseofds.com/p/build-a-stock-market-research-agentic-015)

_2026-08-01 · Avi Chawla · Daily Dose of Data Science_

...using a no-code drag-and-drop builder.

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209411518/f77ba8df307047c6218dfd069a6044f3.mp3)

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_2026-08-01 · **Sponsored**_

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## [6 Automatic Optimization Methods for LLM Systems](https://blog.dailydoseofds.com/p/6-automatic-optimization-methods)

_2026-07-31 · Avi Chawla · Daily Dose of Data Science_

...explained visually and with practical tradeoffs.

## [Why 86% of Claude Code Bill Has Nothing to Do With Your Prompts](https://blog.dailydoseofds.com/p/why-86-of-claude-code-bill-has-nothing)

_2026-07-30 · Avi Chawla · Daily Dose of Data Science_

...and a solution to fix Claude bills.

## [6 LLM Deployment Formats in Production](https://blog.dailydoseofds.com/p/6-llm-deployment-formats-in-production)

_2026-07-29 · Avi Chawla · Daily Dose of Data Science_

...explained visually.

## [Serverless vs. On-prem vs. Edge Deployment](https://blog.dailydoseofds.com/p/serverless-vs-on-prem-vs-edge-deployment)

_2026-07-28 · Avi Chawla · Daily Dose of Data Science_

...explained visually.

## [Graph Engineering Clearly Explained!](https://blog.dailydoseofds.com/p/graph-engineering-clearly-explained)

_2026-07-27 · Avi Chawla · Daily Dose of Data Science_

Covered with best practices from the industry.

## [Vector Databases Clearly Explained](https://blog.levelupcoding.com/p/vector-databases-clearly-explained)

_2026-07-25 · Nikki Siapno · Level Up Coding System Design Newsletter_

The mental model that makes vector databases click.

## [11 LLM Evaluation Methods](https://blog.dailydoseofds.com/p/11-llm-evaluation-methods)

_2026-07-24 · Avi Chawla · Daily Dose of Data Science_

Must-know for AI engineers (explained visually).

## [What Netflix Live Teaches Us About Building Reliable Systems](https://blog.levelupcoding.com/p/netflix-case-study-how-netflix-streams-live-events-without-crashing)

_2026-07-18 · Nikki Siapno · Level Up Coding System Design Newsletter_

How does Netflix stream live events without crashing?

## [RAG Clearly Explained](https://blog.levelupcoding.com/p/rag-clearly-explained)

_2026-07-15 · Nikki Siapno · Level Up Coding System Design Newsletter_

The mental model every engineer should have.

## [How Discord Fans Out One Message to a Million Users](https://blog.levelupcoding.com/p/discord-case-study-one-message-million-users)

_2026-07-07 · Nikki Siapno · Level Up Coding System Design Newsletter_

A case study in fanout, bottlenecks, and the engineering decisions behind Discord's scale.

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_2026-07-07 · **Sponsored**_

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## [LLMs: The Essential Guide](https://blog.levelupcoding.com/p/llms-the-essential-guide)

_2026-06-26 · Nikki Siapno · Level Up Coding System Design Newsletter_

Most engineers only see the API layer. Here's what's happening underneath.

## [MCP Clearly Explained](https://blog.levelupcoding.com/p/mcp-clearly-explained)

_2026-06-15 · Nikki Siapno · Level Up Coding System Design Newsletter_

Plus: Big upgrades are coming to LUC. Vote on what you'd like to see first.

## [REST vs GraphQL vs gRPC](https://blog.levelupcoding.com/p/rest-vs-graphql-vs-grpc)

_2026-05-28 · Nikki Siapno · Level Up Coding System Design Newsletter_

The tradeoffs behind resource-driven, query-driven, and method-driven APIs.

## [Service Discovery in Distributed Systems Clearly Explained](https://blog.levelupcoding.com/p/service-discovery-in-distributed-systems)

_2026-05-13 · Nikki Siapno · Level Up Coding System Design Newsletter_

How modern systems dynamically locate healthy services as infrastructure constantly changes.

## [Docker vs Kubernetes](https://blog.levelupcoding.com/p/docker-vs-kubernetes)

_2026-05-11 · Nikki Siapno · Level Up Coding System Design Newsletter_

(4 min read) | The real difference that actually matters, how to decide, where teams go wrong, and more...

## [OAuth Clearly Explained](https://blog.levelupcoding.com/p/oauth-clearly-explained)

_2026-05-01 · Nikki Siapno · Level Up Coding System Design Newsletter_

(4 min read) | OAuth flow, three different tokens, three different jobs, what OAuth actually solves, where OAuth systems usually break, and more

## [Infrastructure as Code Clearly Explained](https://blog.levelupcoding.com/p/infrastructure-as-code-clearly-explained)

_2026-04-27 · Nikki Siapno · Level Up Coding System Design Newsletter_

The IaC workflow that actually works, why it matters in practice, security risks you can't ignore, and more...

## [Redis Clearly Explained](https://blog.levelupcoding.com/p/redis-clearly-explained)

_2026-04-21 · Nikki Siapno · Level Up Coding System Design Newsletter_

How Redis works under the hood, where it fits in the stack, where it shines, and when NOT to use it.

## [Database Indexing Clearly Explained](https://blog.levelupcoding.com/p/database-indexing-clearly-explained)

_2026-04-13 · Nikki Siapno · Level Up Coding System Design Newsletter_

(4 minutes) | What indexes really do, index types, how the optimizer decides, when they help (and when they hurt), and the right mental model

## [Circuit Breakers: How to Stop Small Failures from Spreading](https://blog.levelupcoding.com/p/circuit-breakers-explained)

_2026-04-09 · Nikki Siapno · Level Up Coding System Design Newsletter_

(4 Minutes) | What they are, what triggers a trip, why they help so much, observability, and when to use them (and when not to)

## [REST APIs Properly Explained](https://blog.levelupcoding.com/p/rest-apis-properly-explained)

_2026-03-31 · Nikki Siapno · Level Up Coding System Design Newsletter_

(4 minutes) | Constraints, trade-offs, when not to use it, and more

## [How SSO Actually Works](https://blog.levelupcoding.com/p/sso-explained)

_2026-03-28 · Nikki Siapno · Level Up Coding System Design Newsletter_

(5 minutes) | What actually happens when you click “Sign in with Google”

## [Hashing vs Encryption vs Tokenization](https://blog.levelupcoding.com/p/hashing-vs-encryption-vs-tokenization)

_2026-03-24 · Nikki Siapno · Level Up Coding System Design Newsletter_

(5 minutes) | One question decides which one you should use...

## [Sync vs Async Clearly Explained](https://blog.levelupcoding.com/p/sync-vs-async-communication)

_2026-03-21 · Nikki Siapno · Level Up Coding System Design Newsletter_

(5 minutes) | One design choice determines if your system blocks or flows.