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September 2026
- 20How a cold cache slice after adding a hash-ring node overloaded the DBday 16 · Distributed Systems in 30 Days
Consistent hashing promises that adding a node only moves 1/N of your keys — nobody tells you what happens in the gap before that node has anything cached, and why the same trap is even nastier in front of an LLM inference fleet.
- 11Why adding people or agents can make a team slowerday 5 · Solution Architecture in 30 Days
One question — 'can you point to the seam?' — decides whether adding a person, a server, or an AI agent makes you faster or just adds coordination tax.