Distributed Systems

Understanding the CAP Theorem

Consistent Hashing - AiCassindra

Gossip Protocol - AiCassindra

Understanding LSM Trees: The Write-Optimized Storage Engine

In Search of a Leader: Understanding Raft Consensus - AICassindra

Byzantine Fault Tolerance

BFT in blockchains, critical control systems, and where it isn't worth the overhead.

Clocks in Distributed Systems

Wall clocks lie. Logical clocks and what they buy you.

Consensus Protocols Compared

Why we have multiple consensus protocols and how to pick one.

CRDTs in Production

When commutative types beat consensus.

Distributed Transactions in Practice

2PC, Saga, TCC — real-world patterns and trade-offs.

Failure Detectors and Phi Accrual

Why fixed timeouts are wrong and what Cassandra Akka use instead.

What Jepsen Taught Us

A decade of finding consistency bugs in production databases.

Quorum Systems Explained

Sloppy quorum NWR and what R+W>N actually means.

Raft Consensus Intuition

Leader election, log replication, and why it's easier than Paxos.

Two-Phase Commit Revisited

Where 2PC fits and where it doesn't in 2026.