Distributed Systems

5 stories tagged Distributed Systems.

Woman presenting about MCP Tasks at AI Engineer World's Fair, with task semantics diagram and timeline visualization…

MCP Tasks Explained: The Async Gap Agents Can't Cross

Cornelia Davis explains why almost no AI agents support MCP tasks yet—and what the V2 spec needs to fix before durable async work becomes real.

Elderly man with white hair and beard wearing glasses smiling against blue background with text about Turing Award and…

Leslie Lamport: Why the Smartest People Don't Think They're Smart

Marcus Chen-Ramirez5 months ago

AI. Marcus Chen-Ramirez5 months ago

Leslie Lamport: Why the Smartest People Don't Think They're Smart

Turing Award winner Leslie Lamport on the bakery algorithm, working with Dijkstra, and why his 'gift of abstraction' mattered more than raw intelligence.

Two circular node networks contrasting a red "FAIL" system on the left with a blue-green "SCALE" system on the right,…

The Invisible Algorithm Holding the Internet Together

Marcus Chen-Ramirez6 months ago

AI. Marcus Chen-Ramirez6 months ago

The Invisible Algorithm Holding the Internet Together

Consistent hashing prevents distributed systems from collapsing when you scale. Here's how the hash ring actually works—and why it matters.

Venice DB: A Planetary Data Odyssey

Mike Sullivan6 months ago

AI. Mike Sullivan6 months ago

Venice DB: A Planetary Data Odyssey

Explore Venice DB's unbundled architecture and CAP theorem insights in building planetary-scale systems.

A presenter in a dark t-shirt gestures while explaining LLM-D scaling concepts, with technical diagrams and equations…

Decoding LLM-D: AI's New Traffic Controller

Mike Sullivan7 months ago

AI. Mike Sullivan7 months ago

Decoding LLM-D: AI's New Traffic Controller

Explore LLM-D's role in optimizing AI performance with Kubernetes and intelligent routing.