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2026-06-09
Designing Fakes That Prove CorrectnessYou fake the handful of methods your code actually calls, prove the fake stays honest, and then make it fail the way production does.
#testing #simulation #distributed-systems #software-engineering #rust
2026-03-26
Why Fakes Beat Mocks and TestcontainersTrait-based fakes test partial failures that mocks and Testcontainers fundamentally cannot simulate. They are also the on-ramp to simulation-driven development.
#testing #simulation #distributed-systems
2026-02-25
Building Index-Backed Query Plans in DataFusionWhat I learned about manually constructing physical query plans for secondary index queries, and the library that came out of it.
#rust #datafusion #sql #query-engine #databases #distributed-systems
2026-02-05
Simulating Leader Election on top of FoundationDBCan LLM-generated code be trusted for distributed systems? Only if you have the right feedback loop.
#foundationdb #rust #simulation #distributed-systems #consensus #leader-election
2026-01-30
FoundationDB's Transaction Model for Layer EngineersHow optimistic concurrency control works in FoundationDB, and how to design data structures that stop fighting it
#foundationdb #distributed-systems #database #transactions
2025-12-09
Designing Rust FDB Workloads That Actually Find BugsPatterns and principles for writing Rust simulation workloads that catch bugs before production does.
#foundationdb #rust #testing #simulation #deterministic #distributed-systems
2025-11-12
Diving into Kubernetes' Watch CacheUnderstanding how Kubernetes apiserver caches etcd, the 3-second timeout, and K8s 1.34 consistent read feature
#diving-into #kubernetes #distributed-systems #etcd #caching
2025-10-30
Diving into FoundationDB's Simulation FrameworkHow FoundationDB achieves legendary reliability through deterministic simulation, interface swapping, and one trillion CPU-hours of testing
#foundationdb #testing #simulation #deterministic #distributed-systems #diving-into
2025-09-24
A Practical Guide to Application Metrics: Where to Put Your InstrumentationA comprehensive guide on where and how to instrument metrics in your applications, covering everything from API endpoints to background jobs
#observability #metrics #monitoring #distributed-systems
2025-08-18
Shipped vs. Operated, or How Many Bash Scripts Does It Take?The difference between shipped and operated software is the difference between something you can run and forget, and something that demands ongoing, hands-on care. Choosing the former protects your team’s focus and sanity.
#distributed-systems #operation
2025-08-11
Two Podcast Episodes on Topics Developers Rarely Talk AboutTwo podcast episodes—one from Oxide and one from Antithesis—on debugging at the limits and building correctness into systems from day one.
#distributed-systems #debugging #correctness #podcasts #simulation
2025-06-03
Bypassing FoundationDB's Transaction Limits with Record Layer ContinuationsA technical deep-dive into FoundationDB Record Layer continuations, explaining how they enable long-running operations by segmenting work across multiple FDB transactions, effectively bypassing the inherent 5-second and 10MB limits.
#foundationdb #record-layer #java #database #continuation #pagination #distributed-systems
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