Distributed & Decentralized Systems

A comprehensive micro-learning curriculum — 8 modules, 29 topics, 143 micro-lessons. Each lesson is designed for a <5 minute read with exercises to test understanding.

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1 Time Causality

6 topics · 0 micro-lessons

Distributed Systems Defined Physical Clock Drift Happened Before Relation Lamport Clocks Vector Clocks Architectural Models RPC

2 Consistency Trade offs

5 topics · 0 micro-lessons

Linearizability Eventual Consistency CAP Theorem PACELC CRDTs

3 Consensus Fault Tolerance

4 topics · 0 micro-lessons

FLP Impossibility Paxos Raft Byzantine Fault Tolerance

4 Real World Architecture

6 topics · 0 micro-lessons

GFS MapReduce Dynamo Spanner ZooKeeper Gossip Protocols SWIM

5 Distributed Transactions Coordination

4 topics · 0 micro-lessons

Distributed Transactions 2PC Chandy Lamport Snapshots Failure Detectors Distributed Mutual Exclusion

6 Decentralized Systems

4 topics · 0 micro-lessons

DHTs Kademlia Blockchain PoW Proof of Stake IPFS Decentralized Storage

7 Production Engineering Resilience

4 topics · 0 micro-lessons

Resilience Patterns Observability Tracing Traffic Control Chaos Engineering

8 Reflection Real Systems

5 topics · 0 micro-lessons

Redis Cluster Apache Cassandra MongoDB Riak KV Comparison

How to use: Navigate using the sidebar. Each lesson ends with exercises — check your understanding before revealing solutions. Start from Module 1 if you're new, or jump to any topic.