Marc Brooker's Blog - Marc's Blog

I've been writing code, reading code, and living vicariously through computers for as long as I can remember. I like to build things that work. I also dabble in machining, welding, cooking and skiing.
- By Marc Brooker
- Based in United States of America
- Roughly one post per month
- First post on
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Jan 2021 | 2 |
Feb 2021 | 1 |
Mar 2021 | 1 |
Apr 2021 | 2 |
May 2021 | 1 |
Jun 2021 | 0 |
Jul 2021 | 0 |
Aug 2021 | 3 |
Sep 2021 | 0 |
Oct 2021 | 1 |
Nov 2021 | 1 |
Dec 2021 | 0 |
Jan 2022 | 2 |
Feb 2022 | 2 |
Mar 2022 | 0 |
Apr 2022 | 1 |
May 2022 | 1 |
Jun 2022 | 1 |
Jul 2022 | 2 |
Aug 2022 | 1 |
Sep 2022 | 1 |
Oct 2022 | 2 |
Nov 2022 | 3 |
Dec 2022 | 1 |
Jan 2023 | 2 |
Feb 2023 | 1 |
Mar 2023 | 2 |
Apr 2023 | 1 |
May 2023 | 2 |
Jun 2023 | 2 |
Jul 2023 | 2 |
Aug 2023 | 1 |
Sep 2023 | 2 |
Oct 2023 | 1 |
Nov 2023 | 1 |
Dec 2023 | 0 |
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Most recent posts
It’s About Time! What's the time? Time to get a watch. My friend Al Vermeulen used to say time is for the amusement of humans1. Al’s sentiment is still the common one among distributed systems …
Optimism vs Pessimism in Distributed Systems What—Me Worry? Avoiding coordination is the one fundamental thing that allows us to build distributed systems that out-scale the performance of a single machine1. When we build systems that …
Writing For Somebody Who's there? Sometimes I write long emails to people at work. Sometimes those emails are generally interesting, and not work-specific at all. Sometimes I share those emails here on my blog. This …