Technical Debt
How does technical debt accrue? Most people would say bad engineering. What is bad engineering? Inflexibility? Is one system engineered correctly to do one thing trying to do something else considered bad engineering?
Mahdi Yusuf
Mahdi Yusuf is currently Senior Staff Engineer at 1Password, previously the CTO at Gyroscope. Before that I spent time as a technical researcher focused on security vulnerabilities and exploitations.
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Locking and Contention
The lock mechanism is an integral part of any modern system. In software applications, locks are used to ensure that multiple users do not simultaneously access and modify the same resource.
Capture the Flag
Join the Architecture Notes CTF and test your system design skills against participants from around the world. Solve challenges in distributed systems, web security, and more. Open to all skill levels.
Circuit Breakers
Circuit breakers are a vital component of any distributed system, helping to improve reliability and resilience by preventing failures from cascading and causing widespread damage.
Database Sharding Explained
More features, active users, and data are collected daily. Your database is slowing your application. Many people don't understand database sharding, which could solve their difficulties. This article explains database sharding, its benefits, including how to use it and when not to.
Virtualization Explained
The development of cloud-native applications has become significantly influenced by container technology. Building secure and reliable systems requires a thorough understanding of different virtualization levels and process security.