3 posts
distributednew
Consistent hashing without the magic
Why 150 virtual nodes per worker is a heuristic, not a religion.
distributed-systemshashing
Jul 20262 min
distributed
Raft leader election, step by step
Terms, votes, and why split votes aren't a bug — they're the protocol working.
consensusdistributed-systems
Jun 20262 min
distributed
SWIM gossip membership in plain language
Failure detectors without a central heartbeat server — and the false-positive knob.
distributed-systemsgossip
May 20262 min