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Distributed systems for fun and profit

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Resurfaced independently across 5 calendar years, with breakout response in 2 of them.

submissions
5
submitters
5
observed span
2013–2023
peak thread · 14 comments
131 pts
latest 20+ return · 2023-06-27
128 pts

Submission timeline

2007–2026

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Years ago I watched MIT's course 6.033. It is a great way to understand the first principles at hand in distributed / non-trivial programs: http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-comput... (also on iTunesU). If you're just getting started with this stuff, having a solid understanding of these principles is critical. I can't recommend these videos enough.

squeed·131-point thread·

[2013]

arijun·128-point thread·

Distributed and highly available systems are pretty interesting but something I've noticed is that it's really surprising how much you can get done with a centralized system (say a single redis instance) and how much easier it is. Some of the cloud VMs can run for years with only transient issues (GCE live migration is neat). High availability is really cool as well, but I recently learned that world of Warcraft has apparently had <97% uptime for years due to…

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Breakout years
2

100+ points or 50+ comments

Total points
333

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Total comments
25

reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking

Every submission

DateTitle as submittedByPointsComments
2013-09-17Distributed systems for fun and profitFirst breakout · Best threadaustengary13114
2014-12-05Distributed systems for fun and profitsigna1110
2015-12-14Distributed systems for fun and profit (2013)lelf725
2018-05-30Distributed systems for fun and profit (2013)jxub10
2023-06-27Distributed Systems for Fun and ProfitLatest 20+ point returnabhi9u1286