Gigi Sayfan Gigi has been developing software professionally for more than 20 years in domains as diverse as instant messaging, morphing, chip fabrication process control, embedded multimedia applications for game consoles, brain-inspired machine learning, custom browser development, web services for 3D distributed game platforms, IoT sensors, and virtual reality.

Stories by Gigi Sayfan

Beyond REST: Using WebSockets For Two-Way Communication In YourReact App

Using WebSockets for two-way communication in React apps

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Learn what WebSockets is, how it can be used, and how they can be implemented in a React app with the Socket IO library.

Gigi Sayfan
Apr 10, 2022 ⋅ 12 min read
Kubernetes Across Cloud Providers GCP AWS Azure

Comparing Kubernetes across GKE, EKS, and Azure

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Kubernetes is an excellent choice for container orchestration, but the question for you is whether to run it on GKE, EKS, or Azure?

Gigi Sayfan
Nov 18, 2021 ⋅ 6 min read

A comprehensive guide to data fetching in React

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Explore the most common data fetching strategies in React, paired with examples and alternatives.

Gigi Sayfan
Dec 4, 2020 ⋅ 19 min read

Beyond REST — Using GraphQL to shape your data

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Overview GraphQL is an exciting API for ad-hoc queries and manipulation of hierarchical data. It is extremely flexible, has great […]

Gigi Sayfan
Jun 26, 2018 ⋅ 9 min read