Apr 3, 2022Amazon QLDB — Pandemic ShenanigansHey Folks!! I have been working from the office for the past couple of months now and an interesting sketch note piqued my interest. I have pasted the sketch for easy reference. Jerry Hargrove sketched the sketch note for future Amazonians’ and it was an interesting visual. The sketch talked…Qldb2 min readQldb2 min read
Sep 30, 2021Kotlin and Java — Initial thoughts!!Hey Folks! I recently started on a project which is implemented in Kotlin. They built this project sometime back, and I was curious about the choice of Kotlin. I started researching about what Kotlin brings to the table and also why Kotlin, as a programming language, is gaining steam. In…Kotlin3 min readKotlin3 min read
Sep 26, 2021Go — Learnings!!‘Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.’–Benjamin Franklin. Hey ya’ll! This post is going to be about Go — A programming language which is famous for its most meteoric rise in distributed applications. I used this language in an internal project…Distributed Systems3 min readDistributed Systems3 min read
Sep 20, 2021Leader Election using Dynamo DB Lock ClientA distributed system is one in which the failure of a computer you didn’t even know existed can render your own computer unusable. — Leslie Lamport Hey Folks!! It’s time for some fragments from the work life of AD. Today, we will discuss how to solve complex problems like leader…Distributed Systems5 min readDistributed Systems5 min read