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Your System Already Has an Overload Strategy. You Just Didn’t Pick It.
· 11 min read

Your System Already Has an Overload Strategy. You Just Didn’t Pick It.

A plain-English guide to backpressure, the most important concept nobody explains to junior engineers.

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The Cost of Certainty in Distributed Systems
· 6 min read

The Cost of Certainty in Distributed Systems

Most distributed systems don’t eliminate uncertainty — they just hide it.

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