DNS & Networking

How DNS resolution shapes the path a request takes, and what changes when you put Anycast or private zones in front of it.

Anycast DNS: Global Traffic Distribution Guide

Complete guide to Anycast DNS: how it works, implementation patterns, use cases for CDN and global load balancing, and best practices for high-availability DNS.

Private DNS in Cloud: VPC DNS Architecture Guide

Complete guide to private DNS in cloud environments: VPC DNS resolution, private hosted zones, hybrid DNS, Route 53 Resolver, and split-horizon DNS patterns.

Related reading

These topics rarely stand alone — the routing decision usually touches several of them.

All technical insights

Every explainer, comparison and troubleshooting guide we publish, grouped by topic.

Best practice guidelines

Checklists and frameworks you can work through against your own architecture.

Blog

Longer-form writing on cloud routing and traffic engineering from the team.

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