Recent Essays
I write essays about topics that I bump into in my work. As I research and learn about a topic, I'll write up some notes in the form of an essay to help me better understand the topic.
Sharing State in a Sequencer Environment
Discussion on how to share state safely in a sequencer environment.
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State Machine Replication
October 31, 2024
Read Heavy Aeron Cluster Workloads
Investigating the read consistency models supported by Aeron Cluster.
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Finance
February 4, 2024
Increasing Replicated State Machine Throughput in Trading Systems
Looking at ways to increase the throughput of replicated state machines in trading systems.
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Finance
January 28, 2024
Can We Reduce Coordination in Cloud Trading Venues?
Trying and failing to reduce the coordination overhead in cloud trading venues.
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Finance
December 31, 2023
State Machine Replication: A Brief History
A brief history of state machine replication.
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Distributed Systems
December 12, 2020