Distributed Systems
The Generals
In this post we are gonna discuss an often referenced problem in distributed systems known as “The Byzantine Generals’ Problem”. We will also have...
Impossibility of Distributed Consensus with One Faulty Process
First things first, this post took me way longer to write than I thought it would. Reason being the subtlety of what I decided...
The CAP Theorem
In this post, we will look at the CAP theorem. If you’ve read almost anything about distributed systems, you’ve probably encountered it. But what...
Time, clocks, and order.
Having decided to start a newsletter on distributed systems to get back into writing, I thought about what a good first subject would be....