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Pronounced 'sysphile'- d silent. Network of people interested in distributed systems. Join the community - https://xitter.cf/t.co/2vzalrGF11

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Joined September 2022
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Watch this comprehensive recap of our Distributed Systems Meet Up, featuring two insightful talks on distributed database solutions. youtu.be/AXgIhVgA5N4?feature… #DistributedDatabase #PostgreSQL #NutanixFiles #TechMeetup #DatabaseSolutions #DistributedComputing #ScaleOutStorage
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This is a terrific piece on architecture. If I had read it earlier, I probably wouldn't have written mine. 🙃 uhl-steine-scherben.org/blog… by @chrisuhl He points out that we have gotten much better at modularizing systems in the days since the architect role was invented.
Replying to @mipsytipsy
I really like the article and the thoughts behind them! When I wrote a post in the same direction (uhl-steine-scherben.org/blog…) I got some very interesting pushback: When there are no more architects, who prevents the teams from going havoc and creating a mess of a technology zoo?
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There are only two hard problems in distributed systems: 2. Exactly-once delivery 1. Guaranteed order of messages 2. Exactly-once delivery
Replying to @jgebbia
Wishlist: - messages that send instantly (eg: like every other messaging app) - open an unread message and the next screen starts at the unread message (don’t make me scroll for it) - accurate unread message badge counts (like every other messaging app)
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Delighted to release the third edition of Programming Languages: Application and Interpretation (PLAI). A complete rewrite based on many years of research and experience. Because that research is still ramping up, this is just the start of many changes. plai.org/
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How a book written in 1910 could teach you calculus better than several books of today [Calculus Made Easy, by Silvanus P. Thompson, 1910 - full text pdf: bit.ly/2pThkf1 or with the table of contents: calculusmadeeasy.org]
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New blog post: Amazon's Distributed Computing Manifesto brooker.co.za/blog/2022/11/2…
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The deadline for abstract registration for the the USENIX ATC '23 Call for Papers is coming up on Thurs., Jan. 5. Complete paper submissions are due the following week on Thurs., Jan. 12. View the Call for Papers and submit your work soon: bit.ly/usenixatc23cfp #atc23
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A couple weeks back, I did a talk titled "Distributed Systems Solve Only Half My Problems (and I have a lot of problems)" at HPTS'22. Talks at HPTS aren't recorded, so here's a summary of what I said.
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what are your strategies for figuring out bugs that you **can't** reproduce locally? (other than the classic "guess at a fix, try it, repeat")
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DynamoDB launched with the assumption that apps uniformly access data in tables. However we discovered workloads have non-uniform access patterns - over time & space. A twitter 🧵 explaining challenges faced & solutions built to magically adapt tables to changing traffic patterns
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My talk on P and applying formal methods in practice is out. Gave a similar talk at #hpts, so if you missed it please check this out. The key idea I wanted to communicate was “importance of thinking abstractly and formally” and how P lowers the barrier to entry for developers
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You can always pick boring tech Or you can pick Tiger Style 😎 (Something even I am still getting used to 😅 ) news.ycombinator.com/item?id…
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