<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>Dumitru Cușnir — Blog</title><description>A collection of articles on topics I am passionate about.</description><link>https://dumitrucusnir.com/</link><item><title>Sockets, Buffers, and the Stream</title><link>https://dumitrucusnir.com/blog/sockets-buffers-and-the-stream/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://dumitrucusnir.com/blog/sockets-buffers-and-the-stream/</guid><description>From the wire to async/await: what the network actually delivers, what a socket is, where the bytes wait on both sides of it, and how async I/O grew out of all that.</description><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>networking</category><category>concurrency</category><category>system design</category></item><item><title>No Magnets, No Forks: How I Pick Restaurants While Traveling</title><link>https://dumitrucusnir.com/blog/no-magnets-no-forks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://dumitrucusnir.com/blog/no-magnets-no-forks/</guid><description>An ever-evolving list of my heuristics for dodging tourist traps and eating where the locals do.</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>travel</category><category>food</category></item><item><title>Decoding Angular’s null: A Journey Through Its Dart Origins</title><link>https://dumitrucusnir.com/blog/why-angular-has-null-vs-undefined/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://dumitrucusnir.com/blog/why-angular-has-null-vs-undefined/</guid><description>Angular returns null where you’d expect undefined. It’s not a bug - it’s a fossil from when the framework was built to also run on Dart, which has no concept of undefined at all.</description><pubDate>Sun, 09 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>typescript</category><category>coding</category><category>angular</category></item></channel></rss>