https://blog.rjbasitali.com/ Recent content on Basit's Blog Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Basit Ali Tue, 12 Oct 2021 22:05:04 +0500 https://blog.rjbasitali.com/posts/writing-your-own-reverse-proxy-using-golang/ Tue, 12 Oct 2021 22:05:04 +0500 https://blog.rjbasitali.com/posts/writing-your-own-reverse-proxy-using-golang/ Writing a Reverse Proxy server in Go is a matter of single digit lines of code due to its rock solid standard library and its low level network plumbing capabilities. Recently I came across some use cases where I needed to write my own Reverse Proxy server and of course Go was the pragmatic choice. Let us first start with defining Reverse Proxy and its common uses. Reverse Proxy A Reverse Proxy is an intermediary server that sits between multiple clients and servers, and directs client requests to appropriate backend server. https://blog.rjbasitali.com/posts/writing-a-golang-middleware-for-your-http-handler/ Sun, 01 Aug 2021 22:05:04 +0500 https://blog.rjbasitali.com/posts/writing-a-golang-middleware-for-your-http-handler/ If you are a backend developer working daily with HTTP requests then you have most likely already encountered situations where you want a common functionality across all the incoming HTTP requests, which can be as simple as checking if the Content-Type header only has the value application/json if you only support json, or maybe you want to spoof your HTTP request to change the method type from POST,GET or PUT to something else based on the X-HTTP-Method-Override header, or of course authenticate before finally passing the request to the destination HTTP handler. https://blog.rjbasitali.com/contact/ Sun, 01 Aug 2021 16:26:01 +0500 https://blog.rjbasitali.com/contact/ If you’ve got any questions, suggestions or would like to discuss a project then email me at rjbasitali@gmail.com. I’d be happy to hear from you. You can also find me on LinkedIn, Github and Instagram. https://blog.rjbasitali.com/about/ Sat, 31 Jul 2021 22:39:25 +0500 https://blog.rjbasitali.com/about/ Hi, I’m Basit Ali. I’m a software developer specializing in Java, Go and Android. Previously I’ve worked with many startups including telehealth, trivia games, logistics and more. Right now I’m working on providing video conferencing and other VoIP solutions using WebRTC, Golang and other cool technologies. I generally work with Go and Java for backend, React, Android, Git, Postgres and Linux, the technologies, especially databases can change depending on the needs of the project.