Archive - Distributed Systems Made Easy!

Dive Deep Series: Sync.Map in Golang

We deconstruct Go's sync.Map to reveal its two-map, lock-free design, explaining its performance optimisations for read-heavy workloads, its key design…

Jul 31 •

Quad Tree: The Secret Behind Sub-Millisecond Location Searches

QuadTree solves the spatial search problem by applying the "divide and conquer" principle to 2D space. QuadTree recursively subdivides 2D space into…

Jul 17 •

Merkle Trees in Practice: A Deep Dive into Implementation and Optimisation

In our last post, we discussed about how you can compare two large datasets for integrity using Merkle trees.

Jul 5 •

June 2025

Merkle Trees: The Data Structure for Verifiable State

A Merkle Tree is a binary tree of cryptographic hashes, constructed from the bottom up to efficiently verify data integrity.

Jun 22 •

Beating Tail Latency: How Golang Supercharges SwissTables with Extendible Hashing

Extendible hashing is a dynamic hashing technique that allows the hash table to grow and shrink gracefully as data is added or removed, without…

Jun 4 •

May 2025

SwissTables: High Performance HashMaps

Understand how SwissTables provide a major performance improvement using its innovative control word metadata and SIMD-powered lookups.

May 27 •

Fragile Base Class Problem: Composition over Inheritance

Why do we always hear "Composition Over Inheritance"? Let's discover some hidden pitfalls associated with Inheritance and why you should prefer a HAS-A…

May 14 •

May 2024

Database Intermediate Series: Change Data Capture(II)

Change Data Capture (CDC) refers to identifying and capturing changes made to data in a database and then delivering these changes in a format that…

May 28, 2024 •

April 2024

Database Intermediate Series: Change Data Capture(I)

Change Data Capture (CDC) refers to identifying and capturing changes made to data in a database and then delivering these changes in a format that…

Apr 22, 2024 •

Database Intermediate Series: SQL Isolation Levels Internals

MVCC plays a crucial role in enabling databases achieve isolation. Let's dive into Isolation using MVCC using practical examples.

Apr 2, 2024 •

March 2024

Database Basics Series: Understanding SQL Isolation Levels

Dive into how databases leverage Isolation Levels to provide you the flexibility to choose between high consistency and concurrency!

Mar 19, 2024 •

February 2024

Launching Architecting Real-World Distributed Systems Cohort!

Understand the thought process behind building real-world systems, from NFR's to tradeoffs. We'll go over different architectural patterns with examples…

Feb 9, 2024 •

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