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Microservices Meet the Monolith Counterargument
DesignPatterns Architecture DistributedSystems Backend

Microservices Meet the Monolith Counterargument

Microservices MonolithArchitecture
One Big Box
Timezone Issues: So Bad They Violate Causality
Bugs Debugging Troubleshooting Backend

Timezone Issues: So Bad They Violate Causality

TimeZonesAreHard BugsInSoftware
Can’t Catch a Break
The Sleep 'n' Pray Concurrency Model
Bugs DistributedSystems CodeQuality

The Sleep 'n' Pray Concurrency Model

DeveloperHumor CodingHumor
Waiting and Hoping
So you're telling me there's a multi-billion dollar bug?
Blockchain Cryptography Security

So you're telling me there's a multi-billion dollar bug?

Blockchain Cryptocurrency
Candy Jar Caper
Rebranding torrents as sophisticated “decentralised cloud storage” for tech buzzword points
Storage Cloud DistributedSystems

Rebranding torrents as sophisticated “decentralised cloud storage” for tech buzzword points

Bittorrent DecentralizedStorage
Fancy Name, Same Idea
Turning off microservices bloatware crashes Twitter 2FA, meme-worthy architecture lesson
DistributedSystems Security OnCall ProductionIssues

Turning off microservices bloatware crashes Twitter 2FA, meme-worthy architecture lesson

Microservices DistributedSystems
Don’t Lose the Key
Time Zones Before Time Zones
TechHistory Bugs DistributedSystems

Time Zones Before Time Zones

TimeZonesAreHard HistoricalContext
Every Town Had Its Own Noon
Swole Doge vs Cheems: Torrent seeders share, blockchain stans charge fees
Blockchain DistributedSystems

Swole Doge vs Cheems: Torrent seeders share, blockchain stans charge fees

Blockchain Bittorrent
For Free vs For a Fee
Overwhelmed dev asks fortune-teller which ID scheme to choose for the database
Databases Backend DistributedSystems

Overwhelmed dev asks fortune-teller which ID scheme to choose for the database

DatabaseDesign DatabaseIndexing
Flavor Overload
Developer ignores Kleppmann’s data book but perks up for matching boar-label wine
DataEngineering DistributedSystems Learning

Developer ignores Kleppmann’s data book but perks up for matching boar-label wine

DataEngineering DeveloperHumor
Even fearless ops engineers panic when Kubernetes networking enters the chat
Containerization Networking DevOps SRE

Even fearless ops engineers panic when Kubernetes networking enters the chat

Kubernetes Networking
P2P handshake standoff: both peers insist on receiving the first packet
Networking DistributedSystems

P2P handshake standoff: both peers insist on receiving the first packet

P2PEngineering Networking
After You... No, After You!
The Perils of Global State and Poorly Scoped Variables
Bugs DesignPatterns Architecture CS Fundamentals

The Perils of Global State and Poorly Scoped Variables

AmbiguityInRequirements RequirementsAmbiguity
Microservices: The Hangover is Distributed, Too
DesignPatterns Architecture DistributedSystems TechDebt

Microservices: The Hangover is Distributed, Too

MicroserviceArchitecture DistributedSystems
Solana's 'Decentralized' Infrastructure Exposed as Classic Web2 Architecture
Blockchain DesignPatterns Architecture Databases

Solana's 'Decentralized' Infrastructure Exposed as Classic Web2 Architecture

BlockchainTechnology DistributedSystems
One Boss, One Helper
Kubernetes Observability or Occult Ritual?
Observability Monitoring Containerization DevOps SRE

Kubernetes Observability or Occult Ritual?

Observability Kubernetes
Tangled Star of Connections
The ultimate edge case for timezone testing
Testing Bugs DistributedSystems

The ultimate edge case for timezone testing

TimeZonesAreHard Testing
The Concurrency Conversation We All Dread
Bugs CS Fundamentals DistributedSystems

The Concurrency Conversation We All Dread

Database ACIDProperties
All or Nothing
Library Correctly Categorizes Software Development
Bugs Debugging Troubleshooting LegacySystems

Library Correctly Categorizes Software Development

DeveloperHumor CodingHumor
Now You See It, Now You Don’t
The Legacy Microservices Clown Show
DesignPatterns Architecture LegacySystems TechDebt

The Legacy Microservices Clown Show

Microservices MicroserviceArchitecture
Many Broken Boxes
Microservices: The Art of Distributing the Mess
DesignPatterns Architecture Modernization DistributedSystems

Microservices: The Art of Distributing the Mess

Microservices MonolithArchitecture
The GitHub Paradox: Who Deploys the Deployer?
DevOps SRE VersionControl OnCall ProductionIssues

The GitHub Paradox: Who Deploys the Deployer?

Github VersionControl
Who Fixes the Fixer?
UDP Explained: Fire and Forget
Networking CS Fundamentals DistributedSystems

UDP Explained: Fire and Forget

Networking NetworkProtocols
Toss and Hope
Kubernetes and the Dark Arts of Orchestration
Containerization DevOps SRE Infrastructure

Kubernetes and the Dark Arts of Orchestration

Kubernetes ContainerOrchestration
It’s Like Magic
Architecture Diagram vs. Implementation Reality
DesignPatterns Architecture TechDebt Backend

Architecture Diagram vs. Implementation Reality

Python DeveloperHumor
Favorite Outfit
The Microservices Onboarding Experience
DesignPatterns Architecture DistributedSystems Juniors

The Microservices Onboarding Experience

CorporateCulture Career
Big Promise, Boring Place
The Glitchy Reality of Unhandled Race Conditions
Bugs DistributedSystems CS Fundamentals

The Glitchy Reality of Unhandled Race Conditions

ACIDProperties DatabaseTransaction
Better Safe Than Sorry
Kafka vs. Kafka: The Only Choice for Data Engineers
BigData DistributedSystems Backend

Kafka vs. Kafka: The Only Choice for Data Engineers

ApacheKafka DistributedSystems
One Word, Two Meanings
Eve is always watching
Cryptography Security Networking

Eve is always watching

Eavesdropping Mitm
Two’s Company, Three’s a Crowd
Eventual Consistency and the Schrödinger's Cat Paradox
DistributedSystems Databases CS Fundamentals

Eventual Consistency and the Schrödinger's Cat Paradox

EventualConsistency DistributedSystems
Kitty Magic Trick