Example.com 2024-12-01T12:00:00Z tag:example.com,2024:/feed Example.com Editorseditors@example.invalid The future of distributed systems (and why most of them aren't)tag:example.com,2024:/article/the-future-of-distributed-systems.html2024-11-29T10:00:00ZAfter a decade of writing and reviewing distributed systems, I have a confession. Why Rust is overhypedtag:example.com,2024:/article/why-rust-is-overhyped.html2024-11-27T10:00:00ZRust is wonderful. I have written it professionally for four years. A defense of monolithstag:example.com,2024:/article/a-defense-of-monoliths.html2024-11-24T10:00:00ZEvery team I have worked on has, at some point, decomposed a monolith prematurely. Migrating from Postgres to SQLitetag:example.com,2024:/article/migrating-from-postgres-to-sqlite.html2024-11-22T10:00:00ZFor a particular shape of workload, SQLite outperforms Postgres by a wide margin. The cost of premature optimizationtag:example.com,2024:/article/the-cost-of-premature-optimization.html2024-11-19T10:00:00ZKnuth was right, but he was also a compiler guy. Lessons from three startupstag:example.com,2024:/article/lessons-from-three-startups.html2024-11-15T10:00:00ZOne is profitable. One was acquired. One quietly wound down. Redis is not a databasetag:example.com,2024:/article/redis-is-not-a-database.html2024-11-12T10:00:00ZPeople keep using Redis as a primary store. The Redis team has been clear. How we cut our AWS bill by 90%tag:example.com,2024:/article/how-we-cut-our-aws-bill-by-90.html2024-11-08T10:00:00ZOur CFO sent a thank-you note. The trade-offs were not as advertised. Why I stopped writing unit teststag:example.com,2024:/article/why-i-stopped-writing-unit-tests.html2024-11-06T10:00:00ZTwelve years in, I have changed my mind twice. The quiet rise of edge computingtag:example.com,2024:/article/the-quiet-rise-of-edge-computing.html2024-11-04T10:00:00ZFor the right workloads, edge is faster, cheaper, and more reliable. Kubernetes is a platform for platformstag:example.com,2024:/article/kubernetes-is-a-platform-for-platforms.html2024-11-02T10:00:00ZMost teams should not be running Kubernetes. Most teams who do run it, run it badly. The end of SaaStag:example.com,2024:/article/the-end-of-saas.html2024-10-31T10:00:00ZThe unbundling has been underway for years. The rebundling is now. Lessons from our first outagetag:example.com,2024:/article/lessons-from-our-first-outage.html2024-10-30T10:00:00ZOn a Tuesday in March, our entire platform was down for 47 minutes. How to hire engineers in 2026tag:example.com,2024:/article/how-to-hire-engineers-in-2026.html2024-10-28T10:00:00ZTake-home assignments are dead. Live coding is also dead. Here is what works. The pager is a producttag:example.com,2024:/article/the-pager-is-a-product.html2024-10-21T10:00:00ZOn-call rotations are not infrastructure. We rewrote our monolith in Gotag:example.com,2024:/article/we-rewrote-our-monolith-in-go.html2024-10-19T10:00:00ZIt was a mistake. We are sharing the postmortem because we are generous. The coming collapse of the cloudtag:example.com,2024:/article/the-coming-collapse-of-the-cloud.html2024-10-17T10:00:00ZThe unit economics are not sustainable at current prices. Why TypeScript wontag:example.com,2024:/article/why-typescript-won.html2024-10-15T10:00:00ZNot because of types. Because of the IDE. A year of serverlesstag:example.com,2024:/article/a-year-of-serverless.html2024-10-13T10:00:00ZTwelve months in, here is the honest accounting. Our attempt to replace Postgrestag:example.com,2024:/article/our-attempt-to-replace-postgres.html2024-10-11T10:00:00ZSix months, three rewrites, zero regrets. The second-system effecttag:example.com,2024:/article/the-second-system-effect.html2024-10-09T10:00:00ZFred Brooks was right. He was also too kind. You don't need a queuetag:example.com,2024:/article/you-dont-need-a-queue.html2024-10-07T10:00:00ZYou need a Postgres table. Hear me out. What I learned from 100 standupstag:example.com,2024:/article/what-i-learned-from-100-standups.html2024-10-05T10:00:00ZAfter two years of running daily standups with six different teams. The real reason for tech debttag:example.com,2024:/article/the-real-reason-for-tech-debt.html2024-10-03T10:00:00ZIt is not the code. It is the org chart.