Blog
Hey there! Besides programming, this is the other thing I actually enjoy doing. Here I write about backend engineering, distributed systems, DevOps, and cloud native systems, mostly the real problems I run into while building and operating production systems, and what I learn fixing them.
Computer Networking
Learn what tail latency is, how p50, p95 and p99 are calculated, why averages hide performance problems, and why modern distributed systems optimize for the slowest requests instead of the average.
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Kubernetes
Most engineers know Kubernetes uses etcd. Fewer understand why it needs it. This article explores the state-management problem etcd solves and why the control plane depends on it.
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Backend Engineering
A practical engineering perspective on why moving from monoliths to microservices often breaks operational assumptions long before it improves scalability.
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Distributed Systems
What changed in my understanding of Raft after implementing leader election loops instead of only reading the paper.
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Databases
A short note on why storage-engine maintenance matters to application behavior long before users know the term LSM tree.
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Kubernetes
Notes on building Kubernetes control loops that converge reliably while still leaving humans room to understand and intervene.
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