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2 articles tagged with "HTTP"

The Developer's Guide to Timeouts

Most HTTP clients ship with no timeout at all. How to set connect, read and database timeouts that fail fast instead of hanging forever.

Gareth Clubb · 24 Jul 2026 · 6 min read

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How to Design Idempotent API Endpoints

A practical guide to designing idempotent API endpoints. Covers idempotency keys, HTTP semantics, storage patterns and the edge cases that usually bite first.

Zubair Hasan · 23 Apr 2026 · 9 min read