Ihab KhattabSoftware engineer. Writing about code, tools, and the things I learn along the way.https://ihabkhattab.com/Cache Stampede: Why Your Cache Doesn’t Actually Cachehttps://ihabkhattab.com/blog/cache-stampede-why-your-cache-doesnt-actually-cache/https://ihabkhattab.com/blog/cache-stampede-why-your-cache-doesnt-actually-cache/Most caching bugs are obvious. You forget to invalidate. You cache the wrong thing. You set a TTL that’s too long.Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTnodejsprogrammingweb-developmentsoftware-developmentjavascriptEverything I didn’t know about HTTP2 (Part 2: The Promise, The Delivery, and The Rug Pull)https://ihabkhattab.com/blog/everything-i-didnt-know-about-http2-part-2/https://ihabkhattab.com/blog/everything-i-didnt-know-about-http2-part-2/I started writing this article a long time ago.Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTsoftware-developmentfront-end-developmentweb-performancehttp2web-developmentGit Habits That Actually Stuck With Mehttps://ihabkhattab.com/blog/git-habits-that-actually-stuck-with-me/https://ihabkhattab.com/blog/git-habits-that-actually-stuck-with-me/Small habits that add up to a much cleaner workflow. Here is what I actually use day to day.Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTgitdeveloper-toolsproductivityEverything I didn’t know about HTTP2 (Part 1)https://ihabkhattab.com/blog/everything-i-didnt-know-about-http2-part-1/https://ihabkhattab.com/blog/everything-i-didnt-know-about-http2-part-1/Before we talk about HTTP2 we need first to know what was the problem in HTTP/1.1 that makes us need to think we need to introduce HTTP2.Thu, 13 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMTfrontendopen-sourceweb-developmenthttp2