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Building a homelab teaches you networking, virtualization, and system administration limits.</description></item><item><title>System Design: Scaling to 1 Million Users</title><link>https://meshack-vs-you-all.github.io/meshack-hugo-portfolio/posts/system-design-scaling/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><author>meshackmogire254@gmail.com (Meshack Mogire)</author><guid>https://meshack-vs-you-all.github.io/meshack-hugo-portfolio/posts/system-design-scaling/</guid><description>Load balancers, caching, database sharding, and CDNs. 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It&amp;rsquo;s about ownership, communication, and risk management.</description></item><item><title>Microservices vs Monolith: The Honest Truth</title><link>https://meshack-vs-you-all.github.io/meshack-hugo-portfolio/posts/microservices-vs-monolith/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><author>meshackmogire254@gmail.com (Meshack Mogire)</author><guid>https://meshack-vs-you-all.github.io/meshack-hugo-portfolio/posts/microservices-vs-monolith/</guid><description>Microservices are not a default. 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