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MQTT
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MQTT vs HTTP for IoT: Choosing the Right ProtocolComparison
A practical comparison of MQTT and HTTP for IoT — bandwidth overhead, connection persistence, power consumption, infrastructure complexity, and pub/sub fan-out, drawn from production deployments across edge sensors and robot platforms.
Implementing Exponential Backoff: Preventing Thundering Herd ProblemsBest Practices
Why naive reconnection strategies fail at scale and how exponential backoff with proportional jitter prevents overwhelming your infrastructure — with production-ready Python and systemd patterns.