Denise Yu, Pivotal
Distributed systems are known for being notoriously difficult to wrangle. But why? This talk will cover a brief history of distributed databases, clear up some common myths about the CAP theorem, dig into why network partitions are inevitable, and close out by highlighting how a few popular consensus algorithms mitigate the risks of operating in a distributed fashion and the importance of considering human factors to fully understand the systems we build. Almost all slides will contain original illustration featuring mischievous cats masquerading as sysadmins. By the end of this talk you will have a better understanding of the design trade-offs involved in architecting for distributed systems, and hopefully, be inspired to start doodling tech concepts!
Denise Yu, Pivotal
Denise is a software engineer who occasionally wears a product management hat at Pivotal R&D in Toronto. Denise has previously delivered conference talks on topics ranging from continuous delivery to functional programming to scaling company culture. She enjoys learning about distributed systems, release engineering, and low-level Linux kernel programming, and when she's not coding, she is often doodling sketch notes that break down technical concepts into digestible pieces at deniseyu.io/art.
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author = {Denise Yu},
title = {Why Are Distributed Systems So Hard?},
year = {2019},
address = {Brooklyn, NY},
publisher = {USENIX Association},
month = mar
}