Distributed Systems

Past Presentations

The Anatomy of a Distributed System

Much has been written and said about distributed systems of many different sizes, scales, and complexities. Most of the time though, we either talk about algorithms and theoretical ideas or entirely concrete specific systems: Abstract or Concrete. Gossip, failure detection, and leader election...

Tyler McMullen CTO @Fastly
The Evolution of Reddit.com's Architecture

A stroll through the history of the systems that power reddit.com, looking at things that worked, things that didn't, and where we're going next.

Neil Williams Leads Infrastructure Team @Reddit
Data Consistency in Microservice Using Sagas

The services in a microservice architecture must be loosely coupled and so cannot share database tables. What’s more, two phase commit (a.k.a. a distributed transaction) is not a viable option for modern applications. Consequently, a microservices application must use the Saga pattern, which...

Chris Richardson Java Champion and Author of POJOs in Action
Istio - Weaving the Service Mesh

With the rapid adoption of microservices, new tools are needed to load-balance, route, secure and monitor the traffic that flows between them. Istio provides a common networking, security, telemetry and policy substrate for services that we call a ‘Service-Mesh’. Come learn how the...

Louis Ryan Core Contributor Istio, gRPC, & Principal Engineer @Google
Microservices: Patterns and Practices Panel

Microservices almost seem to be the de facto way to build systems today, but are they always the answer? If they are the answer, what are the challenges you'll face at scale (both from a technical and organizational level)? What are the strategies you should use now that you are effectively...

Randy Shoup VP Engineering and Chief Architect @eBay, Previously @StitchFix @Google & @Ebay
Roopa Tangirala Engineering Manager @Netflix, Apache Cassandra MVP
Rafael Schloming Co-founder and Chief Architect @Datawire, spec author of the AMQP specification
Louis Ryan Core Contributor Istio, gRPC, & Principal Engineer @Google
Chris Richardson Java Champion and Author of POJOs in Action

Interviews

Neil Williams Leads Infrastructure Team @Reddit

The Evolution of Reddit.com's Architecture

What's the focus of the work that you're doing at Reddit?

We're doing a mishmash of things right now. At the core of it is building an environment that allows the product team at Reddit to act. That is, stuff that the users want to see, and is something they can feel confident about shipping—and to let them do that as quickly as possible, while balancing that with performance.

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