2021-12

Posts published in 2021-12.

December 29, 202114 min read

Service Overload Strategies

Service overload happens a lot. If you haven't seen one, count yourself lucky. The first time I watched it take a system down, I realized how serious it’s to get the basics righ...

December 25, 202134 min read

Designing A Key-Value Store

I’ve been asked once to design a key value store in an interview. It looks easy at first. Then it gets hard, fast. What makes it interesting is how ambiguous it is. I started us...