Distributed Systems Foundations

Classifications / Distributed Systems / Distributed Systems Foundations

TRACK

Core mental models for coordination, failure, time, load, contracts, and operational trade-offs in distributed systems.

What mental models do I need to reason about coordination, failure, time, load, contracts, and operational trade-offs in distributed systems?

16 lessons

Continues to Networking and Failure Models/ Consensus and Coordination/ Consistency and Replication

LESSONS

1. 001
   The Distributed Systems Mindset
   [DONE]
2. 002
   What Makes a System Distributed
   [DONE]
3. 003
   Network Boundaries, Latency, and Partial Failure
   [DONE]
4. 004
   Fault Tolerance, Retries, and Idempotency
   [DONE]
5. 005
   Consensus, Quorums, and Coordination
   [DONE]
6. 006
   Time, Clocks, and Causality
   [DONE]
7. 007
   CAP, PACELC, and Partition-Time Behavior
   [DONE]
8. 008
   Replication, Partitioning, and State Placement
   [CURRENT]
9. 009
   Consistency Models and User Guarantees
   [TODO]
10. 010
    Gossip, Membership, and Dissemination
    [TODO]
11. 011
    Observability and Debugging Distributed Systems
    [TODO]
12. 012
    Backpressure, Load, and Cascading Failure
    [TODO]
13. 013
    Schemas, Contracts, and Versioned Messages
    [TODO]
14. 014
    Degraded Modes, Playbooks, and Incident Evidence
    [TODO]
15. 015
    Foundations Review Check REVIEW
    [TODO]
16. 016
    Foundations Review and Capstone Synthesis CAPSTONE
    [TODO]

← Back to Distributed Systems