Distributed-Systems on Dev Notes https://devlogbox.win/categories/distributed-systems/ Recent content in Distributed-Systems on Dev Notes Hugo en-us Mon, 11 May 2026 19:55:00 +0800 Building intuition for gossip protocols https://devlogbox.win/posts/gossip-protocol-intuition/ Mon, 11 May 2026 19:55:00 +0800 https://devlogbox.win/posts/gossip-protocol-intuition/ How an algorithm that looks like rumor-spreading ends up being the most boring, most reliable membership layer you can ship. CRDTs are easier than they sound https://devlogbox.win/posts/crdts-are-easier-than-they-sound/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:10:00 +0800 https://devlogbox.win/posts/crdts-are-easier-than-they-sound/ The hard part of CRDTs is not the math. It is convincing yourself the math is doing what you want. Why I keep coming back to vector clocks https://devlogbox.win/posts/vector-clocks-again/ Sun, 22 Feb 2026 16:40:00 +0800 https://devlogbox.win/posts/vector-clocks-again/ Vector clocks are not a data structure. They are a way of asking the right question about events in a distributed system. Re-reading the Raft paper https://devlogbox.win/posts/rereading-raft/ Thu, 08 Jan 2026 21:14:00 +0800 https://devlogbox.win/posts/rereading-raft/ Things I noticed on the third pass through Ongaro & Ousterhout that I missed the first two times.