Scattered Thoughts on Distributed Systems

July 2022

ACM Queue Publication of "I'm Probably Less Deterministic Than I Used to Be"

New article for "Escaping the Singularity: It's Not Your Grandmothers Database Anymore"

Jul 18, 2022 • 

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Video of "I'm SO Glad I'm Uncoordinated"

Coordination Is Increasingly Painful... What Can Be Done?

Jul 3, 2022 • 

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April 2022

I’m Probably Less Deterministic than I Used to Be

In my youth, I thought everything had cause and effect like a big clock. In this light, computing made sense. Now, I see that both life and computing…

Apr 30, 2022 • 

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March 2022

ACM Queue paper on Autonomous Computing is now online!

Autonomous Computing: We frequently compute across autonomous boundaries but the implications of the patterns to ensure independence are rarely…

Mar 15, 2022 • 

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Videos on Autonomous Computing

Links to presentations on Autonomous Computing: The implications of autonomy in our work.

Mar 14, 2022 • 

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Sorry for the delay in blogging...

Been really pretty busy... New things are coming, though!

Mar 14, 2022 • 

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Autonomous Computing

It is common to compute across autonomous boundaries. The patterns we use to cope with autonomy are rarely discussed even though they frequently impact…

Mar 14, 2022 • 

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July 2021

Don't Get Stuck in the CON Game (V3)

Consistency, convergence, and confluence are not the same! Eventual consistency and eventual convergence aren’t the same as confluence, either.

Jul 1, 2021 • 

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June 2021

Link to New Short Version of Autonomous Computing

Computing across Trust Boundaries Has a Big Impact of How We Work.

Jun 25, 2021 • 

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Autonomous Computing (short version)

We frequently compute across trust boundaries. The patterns that cope with distrust are rarely discussed even though they impact how we use data and do…

Jun 25, 2021 • 

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February 2021

Link to "I Am SO Glad I’m Uncoordinated!"

Technology trends have evolved to provide an abundance of CPU, Memory, Storage, and Networking. Coordination, formerly dirt cheap, has become the…

Feb 27, 2021 • 

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