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RA Raphael Fernandes · The Distributed Mind

CAP Theorem: The Core Trade‑off in Distributed Systems

Whenever you design a distributed data store, CAP is the reality check that forces you to make explicit trade‑offs.

Jul 10, 2026 · 5 min read · 0 claps #system-design-concepts #cap-theorem #consistency

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TF TFM

What is the CAP theorem?

In a large-scale MSA environment, a single request rarely stays inside one server.

Jun 25, 2026 · 4 min read · 0 claps #cap-theorem #system-design-interview #coding-interviews

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AR Arslan Ahmad

CAP Theorem Explained (with Diagrams)

A clear, beginner-friendly breakdown of consistency, availability, and partition tolerance — and why you can’t have all three at once.

Jun 22, 2026 · 7 min read · 9 claps #system-design-concepts #cap-theorem #system-design-interview

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DE Developer_1901

Understanding CAP Theorem: Why Distributed Systems Cannot Have Everything

In the previous article, we explored how distributed systems evolved from Delivery Guarantees and Idempotency to Outbox Patterns, Saga…

Jun 12, 2026 · 5 min read · 0 claps #distributed-systems #cap-theorem #system-design-interview

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MO Mohit Salvi

CAP Theorem Explained: Why Your Distributed System Can’t Have It All

Every backend engineer eventually encounters the CAP Theorem. It’s one of the most cited concepts in distributed systems — and one of the…

Jun 10, 2026 · 4 min read · 16 claps #cap-theorem #distributed-systems #partition-tolerance

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GE Genius36 Technologies India LLP

CAP Theorem Explained: The Trade-off Every System Designer Must Understand

Why you can never have Consistency, Availability, and Partition Tolerance all at once — and why that’s actually okay

Jun 03, 2026 · 2 min read · 0 claps #distributed-systems #design-systems #software-architecture

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NO Nouhaila El Ouadi

Your database is down.

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Jun 02, 2026 · 2 min read · 0 claps #resiliency #kafka #system-design-interview

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TH ThinkChain

What System Design Actually Teaches You (That No Tutorial Will Admit)

The first time I really broke something at scale, it wasn’t because I wrote bad code. The logic was fine. The unit tests passed. The…

Jun 02, 2026 · 7 min read · 0 claps #system-design-interview #distributed-systems #software-architecture

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IM Imesha Dissanayaka

The Database That Broke the Rules: Inside Google Cloud Spanner

The Database That Wasn’t Supposed to Exist

Jun 01, 2026 · 11 min read · 5 claps #google-cloud #google-cloud-spanner #database

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LE LetsUnpack · LearnTechWithMe

Understanding CAP Theorem and PACELC

Here’s a rundown of how I understand it;

May 30, 2026 · 2 min read · 2 claps #system-design-interview #system-design-concepts #cap-theorem

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AJ Ajay Nair

Consistency Deep Dive Notes

Distributed Writes ├── Single Leader │ ├── No replication │ ├── Async replication (WAL shipping) │ ├── Semi-sync replication │ └── Sync…

May 30, 2026 · 2 min read · 25 claps #system-design-interview #consistency #cap-theorem

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MA Madhavi Rathi

Working on Real Systems Taught Me This About Engineering

I used to think software engineering was mostly about writing APIs, fixing bugs, and deploying applications.

May 25, 2026 · 2 min read · 1 claps #fintech #engineering-tradeoffs #cap-theorem

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RI Rishabh Singh

System Design- Chapter.4: Designing a Key-Value Store

Remember whenever we go to temple. We have to leave our shoes outside, sometimes we hand it to an attendant and they give us a token number…

Mar 30, 2026 · 9 min read · 15 claps #system-design-interview #key-value-store #distributed-systems

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VA Vaasu Bisht

Understanding the Dynamo Paper: Amazon’s Highly Available Key-Value Store.

In large-scale distributed systems, failures are inevitable nodes crashes and network partitions. Traditional databases prioritize strong…

Mar 22, 2026 · 4 min read · 51 claps #distributed-systems #cap-theorem #vector-clocks

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OV OverTheHead · Stackademic

CAP Theorem: The Thing Everyone References and Nobody Fully Understands

I was in an architecture review when someone asked, “Is this system CP or AP?” The room went quiet. Then three different people gave three…

Mar 16, 2026 · 12 min read · 0 claps #cap-theorem #pascal #partitioning

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PI Piyush Sharma

Trade-offs in System Design

Trade-offs in system design

Feb 19, 2026 · 3 min read · 1 claps #system-design-concepts #engineering-tradeoffs #consistency

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SA Satya Deep Maheshwari

Building a Quorum‑Based Distributed Key‑Value Store (Without Consensus)

Distributed systems are often explained from the top down: consensus, leaders, logs, and protocols. This article takes a different route…

Jan 25, 2026 · 6 min read · 0 claps #distributed-systems #quorum #key-value-store

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ST Stanley Nguma

CAP Theorem: Choosing Between Strong and Eventual Consistency

Modern apps don’t live on a single server anymore. Whether you’re booking a ride or streaming a show, you’re tapping into an array of…

Sep 09, 2025 · 2 min read · 0 claps #cap-theorem #distributed-systems #design-systems

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MA Matheus de Camargo Marques

A Comparative Technical Analysis of Riak and Mnesia for Distributed Erlang Systems

Hello everyone, and I hope you’re all having a great day! My name is Matheus de Camargo Marques, and today I’m excited to walk you through…

Jul 16, 2025 · 40 min read · 10 claps #riak #mnesia #erlang

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TH ThamizhElango Natarajan

Google Spanner: Design Philosophy and Multi-Region ACID Properties

Introduction

Jun 04, 2025 · 6 min read · 0 claps paywalled #google-spanner #distributed-systems #acid