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Understanding Distributed Systems 1.1

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

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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…

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

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