Distributed Systems Digest

The Generals

A look at the Two Generals' and Byzantine Generals' problem, two popular consensus problems.

May 6, 2020 •

Dean Eigenmann

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Impossibility of Distributed Consensus with One Faulty Process

A look at consensus, asynchronous algorithms and the consensus problem.

Mar 27, 2020 •

Dean Eigenmann

The CAP Theorem

On consistency, availability and partition tolerance and why we can’t build distributed systems that satisfy all these properties.

Feb 17, 2020 •

Dean Eigenmann

Time, clocks, and order.

A look at the notion of time in a distributed system, and its effects on ordering.

Jan 6, 2020 •

Dean Eigenmann

Distributed Systems Digest

A distributed systems newsletter looking into research spanning over multiple decades, and bringing you short and easy to read summaries. The goal of this publication is to be accessible even for those without a computer science background.

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