Vlad's Stack

How databases, networking, and AI actually work — explained for .NET and full-stack developers.

Not 200-word threads. Not dense papers. The clear middle ground: the tools and ideas you use every day, broken down step by step, with real code and diagrams.

What you'll find here:
- Under the hood — databases, git, HTTP, containers, garbage collection, and why they work the way they do
- AI for developers — context windows, embeddings, retrieval, tokenization, how coding agents work
- Programming history — the lawsuit that created C#, the language built in ten days, the people behind the tools
- Tech job market — the real numbers with context, for people who write code

Examples in C# and SQL where it helps, because that's what I work in.

New explainer every week, plus shorts.

If you like things explained properly — clearly, and without the hand-waving — subscribe and stick around.

Contact: vladsstack@gmail.com