#distributed-systems (130)

49 blogs • 58 notes • 23 videos

2026

(57)

2025

(18)

Dec 23

BLOG Clock Synchronization Is a Nightmare

Distributed Systems #distributed-systems #clock-synchronization #consistency
Dec 13

BLOG When You Increase Kafka Partitions

Distributed Systems #distributed-systems #concurrency #networking
Nov 12

BLOG Heartbeats in Distributed Systems

Distributed Systems #distributed-systems #clock-synchronization #networking
Oct 20

BLOG How Writes Work in Apache Cassandra

Distributed Systems #distributed-systems #consistency #databases
Oct 17

BLOG Redis Replication Internals

Distributed Systems #distributed-systems #networking #replication
Oct 02

BLOG How Does a CDN Handle Content Replication

Distributed Systems #distributed-systems #algorithms #career-growth
Sep 06

BLOG Why Distributed Systems Need Consensus Algorithms Like Raft

Distributed Systems #distributed-systems #clock-synchronization #communication
Sep 05

BLOG Why Do Databases Deadlock and How Do They Resolve It

Distributed Systems #distributed-systems #concurrency #databases
Sep 03

BLOG Why Eventual Consistency is Preferred in Distributed Systems

Distributed Systems #distributed-systems #consistency #networking
Aug 02

VIDEO How PayPal's Braintree Solved the Thundering Herd Problem and Simplified Architecture

Distributed Systems #thundering-herd #distributed-systems #microservices
Jul 25

VIDEO Inverted Index: The Core Data Structure Behind Search Engines

Algorithms & Data Structures #inverted-index #search-engines #data-structures
Jul 11

VIDEO Inside Stripe's Multi-Tier Rate Limiter Architecture

Distributed Systems #rate-limiting #distributed-systems #system-design
May 23

VIDEO How Amazon Aurora Achieves Durability with Quorum Writes and Segmented Storage

Databases #amazon-aurora #durability #quorum
Mar 16

VIDEO DiceDB 1.0: A Fast, Reactive, In-Memory Database for Modern Applications

Databases #dicedb #in-memory-database #reactive-systems
Feb 09

VIDEO How Atlassian Reduced Latency by 70% Using the Sidecar Pattern

Distributed Systems #sidecar-pattern #distributed-systems #microservices
Feb 02

VIDEO How Bitbucket Achieved Read-After-Write Consistency and Reduced Master Database Load by 50%

Distributed Systems #read-after-write-consistency #database-scaling #postgresql
Jan 19

VIDEO Trello's Migration from RabbitMQ to Kafka for Real-time WebSocket Updates

Distributed Systems #trello #rabbitmq #kafka
Jan 12

VIDEO Atlassian's Cache Invalidation Evolution: From SNS+SQS Push to S3 Pull Architecture

Distributed Systems #cache-invalidation #distributed-systems #aws-sns

2024

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2023

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2022

(12)

Dec 11

NOTE Here is a 4-step process I follow to learn new technologies, tools, and frameworks ⚡

Career Growth #distributed-systems #engineering #system-design
Nov 18

NOTE Why did the college want us to study Compiler Construction?

Systems Internals #distributed-systems #asli-engineering #dice-db
Feb 07

BLOG Local vs Global Indexes in Partitioned Databases

Distributed Systems #distributed-systems #databases #hashing
Feb 07

NOTE Essay : Indexing on a Partitioned Data

Distributed Systems #system-design #distributed-systems
Jan 31

BLOG Partitioning Data - Range, Hash, and When to Use Them

Distributed Systems #distributed-systems #databases #hashing
Jan 31

NOTE Essay : Data Partitioning Strategies

Distributed Systems #distributed-systems #system-design
Jan 25

NOTE Essay : An Introduction to Data Partitioning

Distributed Systems #distributed-systems #system-design
Jan 24

BLOG Partitioning Strategies for Distributed Databases

Distributed Systems #distributed-systems #databases #hashing
Jan 17

NOTE Essay : Leaderless Replication to have Strong Consistency in Distributed Database

Distributed Systems #distributed-systems #system-design
Jan 16

BLOG Leaderless Replication

Distributed Systems #distributed-systems #consistency #databases
Jan 09

NOTE Essay : Conflict Resolution in Multi-Master setup

Career Growth #distributed-systems #system-design
Jan 03

BLOG Multi-Master Conflicts - How to Handle Them

Distributed Systems #distributed-systems #databases #replication

2021

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Nov 28

BLOG Multi-Master Replication - Why Conflicts Happen

Distributed Systems #distributed-systems #databases #replication
Nov 03

BLOG Multi-Master Replication - Scaling Writes Across Geographies

Distributed Systems #distributed-systems #databases #replication
Oct 03

BLOG Monotonic Reads - How Asynchronous Replication Creates Wormholes

Distributed Systems #distributed-systems #replication
Oct 03

NOTE Essay : Preventing Wormholes in a Distributed Datastore

Distributed Systems #system-design #distributed-systems
Sep 22

BLOG Read-Your-Writes Consistency

Distributed Systems #distributed-systems #consistency #replication
Sep 22

NOTE How would you feel when you posted on a Social

Distributed Systems #system-design #distributed-systems
Sep 07

BLOG What Happens When a Master or Replica Fails

Distributed Systems #distributed-systems #databases #replication
Sep 07

NOTE Essay : Everything you need to know about handling node

Career Growth #system-design #distributed-systems
Aug 23

NOTE Recently I wrote a short snippet about setting up a

Distributed Systems #system-design #distributed-systems
Aug 21

NOTE Ever wondered how the Replication happens, how a new Replica

Distributed Systems #system-design #distributed-systems
Aug 15

BLOG Replication Formats - Statement vs Row-based

Distributed Systems #distributed-systems #databases #networking
Aug 15

NOTE Ever wonder how replication happens between Master and Replica

Distributed Systems #system-design #distributed-systems
Aug 10

BLOG Replication Strategies - Synchronous, Asynchronous, and Semi-Synchronous

Distributed Systems #distributed-systems #consistency #networking
Aug 07

BLOG Master-Replica Replication

Distributed Systems #distributed-systems #databases #replication
Jul 19

BLOG Decoding Durability - The D in ACID

Distributed Systems #distributed-systems #consistency #databases
Jul 07

BLOG Decoding Isolation - The I in ACID

Distributed Systems #distributed-systems #concurrency #consistency
Jul 02

BLOG Decoding Atomicity - The A in ACID

Distributed Systems #distributed-systems #consistency #databases
Jul 02

BLOG Decoding Consistency - The C in ACID

Distributed Systems #distributed-systems #consistency #databases
Jun 22

BLOG Architectural Patterns for Distributed Systems

Distributed Systems #distributed-systems #databases #system-design
Jun 17

BLOG Fallacies of Distributed Computing Every Engineer Should Know

Distributed Systems #distributed-systems #networking
Apr 19

BLOG Modeling Udemy's Categories in a Relational Database

Distributed Systems #distributed-systems #databases #python-internals

2020

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Nov 29

BLOG The 2Q Algorithm - Addressing LRU's Sub-Optimality

Distributed Systems #distributed-systems #caching #databases
Aug 23

BLOG Implementing LFU in O(1)

Distributed Systems #distributed-systems #caching #memory-management
Jul 19

BLOG Bitcask - A Log-Structured fast KV store

Distributed Systems #distributed-systems #data-structures #databases
May 31

BLOG The RUM Conjecture - Storage System Trade-offs

Distributed Systems #distributed-systems #consistency #cryptography
May 24

BLOG Consistent Hashing - What It Is and How to Implement It

Distributed Systems #distributed-systems #caching #data-structures
May 03

BLOG Copy-On-Write - When to Use It, When to Avoid It

Distributed Systems #distributed-systems #databases #memory-management
Apr 26

BLOG How MySQL Avoids Performance Hits from Table Scans

Distributed Systems #distributed-systems #caching #databases
Apr 05

BLOG Sliding Window Rate Limiting - Design and Implementation

Distributed Systems #distributed-systems

2017

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Mar 24

BLOG Analyzing MongoDB Pagination Performance Differences

Distributed Systems #distributed-systems #databases #evaluation
Mar 23

BLOG MongoDB Pagination - Skip is Slow

Distributed Systems #distributed-systems #databases
Mar 22

BLOG MongoDB Pagination - Two Approaches You Need to Know

Distributed Systems #distributed-systems #databases