distributed-systems Archives

Distributed Lock with Redis and Redisson: Preventing Race Conditions in Multi-Node Systems

October 12, 2026

Horizontal scaling breaks JVM-level mutexes and native locks. Learn how race conditions cause overselling in distributed clusters and how to implement robust distributed locking with Redis and Redisson in Java Spring Boot.

Programming

Building a Distributed Task Queue with BullMQ, Redis, and TypeScript

October 2, 2026

Offloading heavy workloads requires a resilient queuing architecture. This guide covers how to build a production-grade distributed task queue using BullMQ, Redis, and TypeScript, complete with exponential retries and dead-letter queues.

Programming

Building Conflict-free Replicated Data Types (CRDT) from Scratch in Python

September 30, 2026

Building real-time collaborative editing requires solving state conflicts without centralized locking mechanisms. Here is an architectural breakdown and Python implementation of Conflict-free Replicated Data Types (CRDT), based on 6 months of production learnings.

Programming

Mastering Gleam: Build Fault-Tolerant Distributed Systems with Static Typing on the BEAM VM

August 27, 2026

Gleam is a statically typed functional language that compiles to BEAM bytecode, combining Erlang's legendary fault tolerance with compile-time type safety. This guide walks through setting up Gleam, building supervised actors, and leveraging OTP for self-healing distributed systems — with working code examples throughout.

Programming

Stop Fighting State Machines: Building Resilient Node.js Workflows with Temporal

May 29, 2026

Ditch the fragile cron jobs and manual retries. Learn how to use Temporal and Node.js to build 'immortal' workflows that survive server crashes and network failures.

Programming

High-Performance Microservices with NATS: Beyond the REST Bottleneck

May 6, 2026

Ditch the 'spaghetti REST' architecture. This guide shows you how to use NATS to build high-performance, event-driven microservices that scale effortlessly.

Programming

Preventing Data Corruption: A Practical Guide to Redis Distributed Locks

May 5, 2026

Race conditions can break your microservices. Learn how to use Redis and the Redlock algorithm to ensure data consistency across distributed systems with Python.

Database

Stop the Race Conditions: A Guide to Redis Lua Scripting

May 2, 2026

Race conditions can kill your application's reliability. This guide shows you how to use Redis Lua scripting to ensure atomicity, reduce network lag, and handle complex logic directly on the server.

Database

Apache Cassandra Deployment Guide: NoSQL for High Availability and Write-Heavy Workloads

May 1, 2026

Apache Cassandra is the go-to database when you need to handle massive write throughput without a single point of failure. This guide walks through deploying a 3-node cluster, designing tables around your query patterns, and tuning Cassandra for real production workloads.