distributed-systems

Coordination, consistency, and failure across services.

writing (1)

When your API gateway becomes an accidental monolith

On what a gateway should and shouldn't own, and the rule I use to keep it honest.

27 Jun 2026 · 3 min read

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Designing an event-driven media pipeline for video processing

How to decompose a synchronous media upload flow into an async pipeline without breaking the existing API contract.

1 Jun 2026 · 3 min read