An intro to DeepSeek's distributed file system(maknee.github.io)

586 points by sebg 1 year ago | 98 comments

Blog post introducing DeepSeek's 3FS (Fire-Flyer File System), explaining distributed file systems and how 3FS operates, first in a series.

A Distributed Systems Reading List (2014)(dancres.github.io)

155 points by udev4096 2 years ago | 9 comments

Learning about Debuggers(werat.dev)

29 points by fagnerbrack 2 years ago | 0 comments

Cold-blooded software(dubroy.com)

499 points by arbesman 2 years ago | 198 comments

Patrick Dubroy's blog essay using cold-blooded animals as a metaphor for software that can sit untouched for long periods and still work when revived.

AI (2014)(blog.samaltman.com)

48 points by bjornroberg 7 months ago | 34 comments

Foundational distributed systems papers (2021)(muratbuffalo.blogspot.com)

158 points by belter 3 years ago | 21 comments

That's not an abstraction, that's a layer of indirection(fhur.me)

546 points by fagnerbrack 1 year ago | 213 comments

A blog post arguing that many so-called abstractions in codebases are merely layers of indirection that add complexity and hurt performance without real value.

My first contribution to Linux(vkoskiv.com)

633 points by vkoskiv 1 year ago | 76 comments

A blog post recounting the author's experience upstreaming their first Linux kernel patch, fixing a hardware issue on a 2005 Fujitsu Lifebook S2110.

Implement DNS in a Weekend(implement-dns.wizardzines.com)

594 points by asicsp 3 years ago | 68 comments

Julia Evans's blog post announcing a free guide to implementing a DNS resolver from scratch in about 200 lines of Python.

It's hard to write code for computers, but it's harder to write code for humans(erikbern.com)

429 points by imartin2k 2 years ago | 131 comments

Erik Bernhardsson's blog post arguing that writing code for humans, such as libraries, APIs and tools other developers use, is harder than writing code for computers.

A reawakening of systems programming meetups(notes.eatonphil.com)

362 points by paulgb 2 years ago | 142 comments

Blog post by Phil Eaton on the 2024 resurgence of high-quality systems programming meetups, with history and guidance for running your own events.

Some notes on Rust, mutable aliasing and formal verification(graydon2.dreamwidth.org)

323 points by todsacerdoti 2 years ago | 119 comments

A Dreamwidth blog post by Graydon Hoare with notes on Rust, mutable aliasing, and formal verification; the capture shows only a captcha check page.