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Coordination is expensive as it reduces the availability and performance of distributed applications (PACELC theorem). I have extended…
I am excited to announce that the first edition of my book about distributed systems is finally complete! First things first, I have…
Sometimes a single process in a system needs to have special powers, like being the only one that can access a shared resource or assign…
At scale, any failure that can happen will eventually happen. Hardware failures, software crashes, memory leaks - you name it. The more…
I have released a new chapter of Understanding Distributed Systems ! It explores the different patterns at your disposal when designing…
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How a Chinese AI lab spun out of a hedge fund shook up the entire tech industry.
A longer and more chaotic follow-up conversation in which Andrew and I dive into the weeds of our differing approaches to solving coordination.
Patrick interviews me; the energy transition; Americans die young; family and fertility; educating the poor; AI and growth
yes, Nothing Human now has a podcast!
The Chinese app has just “blown the roof off” and “shifted the power dynamics.”
