CSE 223B is a 4-unit graduate subject with lectures, paper discussions, a midterm, and technical report exercise, and a major term research project culminating in writing a research paper of your own. It will present abstractions and implementation techniques that facilitate the design of distributed systems–including both operating systems and sophisticated Internet servers–that can deal with the demands of real-world workloads. Topics will include efficient operating system primitives, high-performance network servers, load shedding, storage systems, security, and fault tolerance.
Distributed Systems lecture series
A distributed systems reliability glossary
A list of key concepts for building and testing reliable distributed systems, with basic definitions and deep references.
SDSI - A Simple Distributed Security Infrastructure
Technical Books Cilium Up and Running | Isovalent Book
In this book, learn how Cilium works, the problems it can solve, and how to run it in production. If you’re an experienced platform engineer or network architect who wants to get on top of the next big thing in cloud networking, this book is for you.
Peter van Hardenberg - Ink and Switch, Automerge
DLS 2020 Keynote by Vanessa Freudenberg: Croquet. A Unique Collaboration Architecture
Causal Islands 2023
Atproto for distributed systems engineers - AT Protocol
In this article we're going to explore atproto from the perspective of distributed backend engineering.
Composing capability security and conflict-free replicated data types — Spritely Institute
In August, I attended the DWeb Seminar where a small group of builders gathered to discuss the state-of-the-art and open problems in the distributed web space. Some in the group are primarily concerned with distributed data and focus on sync algorithms and local-first use cases. I am mainly concerned with distributed behavior and focus on the object capability security model. Both areas of study are steeped in their own lore and research papers, which makes it difficult for the two camps to communicate effectively with each other.
Willow - Willow’25
Peer-to-peer protocols which scale up, down, and sideways. Sychronisable data storage, fine-grained access control, private and efficient synchronisation, and secure data delivery by any means possible.
IPFS: Building blocks for a better web | IPFS
Open protocols to store, verify, and share data across distributed networks.
I often get emails asking for ideas (or materials) to learn about distributed systems. I always recommend getting started with Gossip Glomers. Only six challenges, some easy and some difficult, but an absolute top tier fun and learning experience fly.io/dist-sys
