Full Width [alt+shift+f] Shortcuts [alt+shift+k]
Sign Up [alt+shift+s] Log In [alt+shift+l]
16
Modern applications don't crash; they hang. One of the main reasons for it is the assumption that the network is reliable. It isn't. When…
over a year ago

Improve your reading experience

Logged in users get linked directly to articles resulting in a better reading experience. Please login for free, it takes less than 1 minute.

More from Roberto Vitillo's Blog

Understanding Distributed Systems 1.1

Coordination is expensive as it reduces the availability and performance of distributed applications (PACELC theorem). I have extended…

over a year ago 25 votes
Testing and operating distributed systems

I am excited to announce that the first edition of my book about distributed systems is finally complete! First things first, I have…

over a year ago 16 votes
Leader election best practices

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…

over a year ago 18 votes
How distributed systems fail

At scale, any failure that can happen will eventually happen. Hardware failures, software crashes, memory leaks - you name it. The more…

over a year ago 18 votes
Scalability patterns of distributed systems

I have released a new chapter of Understanding Distributed Systems ! It explores the different patterns at your disposal when designing…

over a year ago 17 votes

More in startups

How a Chinese battery factory sparked a political meltdown in a small Michigan town 

The ambitious executives at Gotion wanted to join America’s EV gold rush. Then came geopolitics.

21 hours ago 3 votes
There is no utopia waiting on the other side of Trump's economy

It's just pain now in exchange for more pain later.

yesterday 2 votes
Chinese food delivery giant dishes out deep discounts to win Saudi customers

Can Keeta, Meituan’s global brand, sustain its low-cost strategy in the Middle East’s highly competitive market?

2 days ago 3 votes
This thing will fail

Trump will not restore the "strong gods" of community, family, and faith.

3 days ago 4 votes
Make Something Heavy

You're creating more than ever, but it weighs nothing.

4 days ago 6 votes