TLDR ★★★★ Very easy to read. Direct link to the paper. Interesting takeaways Novel approach to conflict resolution: Unlike most data systems that push conflict resolution to the write phase, Dynamo allows writes and shifts conflict resolutions to reads. This unique strategy ensures that writes are never rejected. Quality: An impressively high bar by focusing … Continue reading Paper Review: Dynamo: Amazon’s Highly Available Key-value Store
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How Skype works
A lot of us use Skype daily but have no idea about how it works. Here is a brief description of the Skype framework. Skype employs a partially decentralized architecture - a mix of the peer-to-peer and client-server architectures. The client-server system is used for authentication while the peer-to-peer system is used for IP telephony, relaying, … Continue reading How Skype works
