Ashish Sharma

I’ve always believed that collaboration is the engine of progress. While many say knowledge is power, I believe the true power lies in its distribution. To that end, I am building a curated knowledge base of my professional journey—refined by AI for maximum clarity and depth. Whether you’re here to master a new skill or sharpen an existing one, my goal is to provide a roadmap for your success. This collection will evolve as I do, and I welcome your insights and dialogue as we grow together.

Sling Content Distribution (SCD): a practical guide for cloud & on‑prem

Apache Sling Content Distribution (SCD) lets you move content (Sling resources) across Sling/AEM instances using a path‑level API and configurable…
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The Flagship Trap: Why Your New Phone Is Designed to Feel Old by This Time Next Year

The “Billion-Dollar Heartbreak” is a phenomenon every tech enthusiast knows: you unbox a pristine, $1,200 flagship today, only to see…
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File Uploads and Retrieval in Spring Boot

In contemporary web development, the ability to seamlessly manage file uploads and downloads has transitioned from a specialized feature to…
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React Authentication: Securing Your APIs with Axios

When building a React application, Axios is a popular choice for managing HTTP requests. It works seamlessly with mock APIs…
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Caching Strategies for Dispatcher & CDN in Dynamic AEM Environments

How to ensure fast, reliable, selective cache updates when Content Fragments (CF) and Experience Fragments (XF) change Modern AEM implementations…
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AEM Replication & Dispatcher Flush: Agents & Sling Content Distribution

Replication Agents: what they do & where they live Replication agents in AEM are the mechanism to: They are configured…
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Builder Design Pattern vs Chain of Responsibility Pattern

Both patterns belong to the Gang of Four (GoF) design patterns but serve different purposes: Builder Design Pattern Builder Pattern…
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Factory Design Pattern vs Abstract Factory Design Pattern

Both patterns belong to the Creational Design Patterns category in the Gang of Four (GoF) design patterns. They deal with…
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Cluster-aware event handling in AEM: using TopologyEventListener and topology-aware jobs

Why “cluster‑aware” matters in AEM (especially Cloud Service) On AEM as a Cloud Service, code always runs in a cluster,…
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Java Memory Management Explained: Heap, Stack, and Garbage Collection

Java applications rely heavily on efficient memory management to ensure performance and stability. Understanding how memory is allocated and managed…
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