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Joined December 2025
Need advice from senior backend developers I'm a Node.js developer and thinking about my next step. Should I learn NestJS, or focus on mastering Node.js If you were in my position, what would you recommend learning next? Would love to hear your advice.
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My X account is worth $29.5K, yet I’m STILL not verified on unfair.so😭 At this point, the only thing truly unfair is Unfair itself 💀 @notmiramurati WHAT ELSE DO I NEED TO DO TO GET VERIFIED? 👀 Someone tag the team until they notice this. Let’s see if unfair.so can finally prove its name wrong. 🥲🔥
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Asked at Microsoft, Databricks, Glean & Palantir 🤔 You’re deploying a 70B-parameter LLM in production. How much GPU memory do you actually need to serve it?
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How do you scale a backend first when traffic grows? a) Vertical scaling (bigger server) b) Horizontal scaling (more instances) c) Add caching d) Optimize queries and indexes
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bro asked claude for an office and got a whole GTA side quest 💀
I asked Claude to build an office for the @tavus PALs... I was not expecting it to build THAT kind of office
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How do you interact with your database? a) ORM b) Query builder c) Raw SQL d) A mix of these
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Which caching layer do you reach for first? a) Redis b) Memcached c) In-memory (application level) d) No cache yet
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We’re now a family of 350 people on here! Thank you to everyone who followed, engaged, and supported D3 Bytes. Every single one of you means a lot! If you’re into tech, backend engineering, databases, or system design, let’s connect and grow together. 350 today. Bigger things ahead.
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Where do you deploy your backend? a) VPS b) Docker on cloud c) Serverless d) PaaS (Render, Railway, etc.)
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Interviewer: If I fine-tune an LLM on my company's data, do I still need RAG?
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Interviewer: If I increase an LLM's context window from 32K to 1M tokens, does that mean it can reliably remember everything in that context?
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4. Which API style do you use most? a) REST b) GraphQL c) gRPC d) tRPC
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