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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

Posts per month

Data for this chart is available in the table below
Posts per month
Month starting Posts
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

Any gaps could be due to errors when fetching the blog’s feed.

Most recent posts

It's About Time!
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 …
On , by Marc Brooker, 3,058 words
Optimism vs Pessimism in 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 …
On , by Marc Brooker, 1,372 words
Writing For Somebody
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 …
On , by Marc Brooker, 753 words