Field Notes & Architectural Breakdowns

Writing & Dispatches

Detailed architectural breakdowns, distributed systems post-mortems, and honest notes on engineering software that lasts.

13 articles published
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~162 min total reading depth
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Focus: Distributed Consensus, Networking, Local-First & UI
Vector Clocks, Version Vectors, and Dotted Version Vectors: Tracking Causality in Dynamo Systems
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Vector Clocks, Version Vectors, and Dotted Version Vectors: Tracking Causality in Dynamo Systems

An exhaustive, publication-ready technical dispatch on tracking causality in distributed key-value stores using Vector Clocks, Version Vectors, and Dotted Version Vectors.

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The Architecture of the Modern Web
•6 min read

The Architecture of the Modern Web

An exploration of how modern web frameworks handle state, routing, and hydration to achieve sub-second render times.

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Engineering for Scale: A Post-Mortem
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Engineering for Scale: A Post-Mortem

Lessons learned from scaling a monolithic architecture to a highly-available distributed microservices ecosystem.

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Designing Cinematic Interfaces
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Designing Cinematic Interfaces

Blurring the line between software engineering and digital art using modern CSS, GSAP, and Framer Motion.

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