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← Replication earns its place even in a small system, because what it buys is fault tolerance rather than scale.

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Everything filed under the cloud the cloud Everything filed under nuclear power nuclear power Everything filed under data centers data centers Everything filed under energy energy Everything filed under startups startups Everything filed under solar solar Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Replication earns its place even in a small system, because what it buys is fault tolerance rather than scale. Replication earns its place even in asmall system, because what it buys isfault tolerance rather than scale. Last stated 5 months ago 22 Apr 2026 MK Martin Kleppmann — holds since 2026-04-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Sharding across machines has faded as a concern because hardware got more powerful, not because the cloud made it easy. — tap to centre the map on it Sharding across machines has fadedas a concern because hardware gotmore powerful, not because the cloudmade it easy. Last stated 5 months ago 22 Apr 2026 MK Martin Kleppmann — holds since 2026-04-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Computing is not a car market: x86 and ARM persist because ecosystems cost too much time and energy for anyone to replace. — tap to centre the map on it Computing is not a car market: x86and ARM persist because ecosystemscost too much time and energy foranyone to replace. Last stated 5 months ago 15 Apr 2026 JH Jensen Huang — holds since 2026-04-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Batching exists only because moving data costs about a thousand times more energy than computing on it. — tap to centre the map on it Batching exists only because movingdata costs about a thousand timesmore energy than computing on it. Last stated a month ago 30 Jul 2026 JD Jeff Dean — holds since 2026-07-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: Scalability is not a property a system has; it is the set of mechanisms it has for coping with a change in load. — tap to centre the map on it Scalability is not a property asystem has; it is the set ofmechanisms it has for coping with achange in load. Last stated 5 months ago 22 Apr 2026 MK Martin Kleppmann — holds since 2026-04-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Clocks are right most of the time, and that is precisely why a distributed system may never rely on them. — tap to centre the map on it Clocks are right most of the time,and that is precisely why adistributed system may never rely onthem. Last stated 5 months ago 22 Apr 2026 MK Martin Kleppmann — holds since 2026-04-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Large replication projects answer the wrong question, because most individual studies do not matter either way. — tap to centre the map on it Large replication projects answerthe wrong question, because mostindividual studies do not mattereither way. Last stated 3 years ago 11 Apr 2023 AM Adam Mastroianni — holds since 2023-04-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: A hardware startup's first customer should be a hyperscaler, because only that scale turns a design win into a business. — tap to centre the map on it A hardware startup's first customershould be a hyperscaler, becauseonly that scale turns a design wininto a business. Last stated 3 months ago 18 Jun 2026 LT Lip-Bu Tan — holds since 2026-06-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: The hyperscalers are not sensitive to the cost of power at all; they are sensitive only to whether power is available. — tap to centre the map on it The hyperscalers are not sensitiveto the cost of power at all; theyare sensitive only to whether poweris available. Last stated a year ago 15 Aug 2025 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2025-08-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: After the cloud exit, the next step is out of the data centre: home servers and multi-gigabit home connections make the garage startup literal again. — tap to centre the map on it After the cloud exit, the next stepis out of the data centre: homeservers and multi-gigabit homeconnections make the garage startupliteral again. Last stated a year ago 12 Jul 2025 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-07-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI agents and AI coding will run on servers and from the cloud first, not on your laptop. — tap to centre the map on it AI agents and AI coding will run onservers and from the cloud first,not on your laptop. Last stated 2 months ago 28 Jun 2026 PL Pieter Levels — holds since 2026-06-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI will do to software what the cloud did: expand the market massively rather than crush the margins of the incumbent. — tap to centre the map on it AI will do to software what thecloud did: expand the marketmassively rather than crush themargins of the incumbent. Last stated 10 months ago 12 Nov 2025 SN Satya Nadella — holds since 2025-11-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Most nuclear companies will not have this solved by 2031, and many still will not by 2035, because they have the wrong mindset. — tap to centre the map on it Most nuclear companies will not havethis solved by 2031, and many stillwill not by 2035, because they havethe wrong mindset. Last stated 3 weeks ago 15 Aug 2026 IT Isaiah Taylor — holds since 2026-08-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Most of the nuclear industry is a modelling and simulation business producing paper reactors, not a business that builds them. — tap to centre the map on it Most of the nuclear industry is amodelling and simulation businessproducing paper reactors, not abusiness that builds them. Last stated 3 weeks ago 15 Aug 2026 IT Isaiah Taylor — holds since 2026-08-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Nuclear safety should be pursued by reducing the consequence of an accident rather than its odds, because something unpredictable always happens. — tap to centre the map on it Nuclear safety should be pursued byreducing the consequence of anaccident rather than its odds,because something unpredictablealways happens. Last stated 3 weeks ago 15 Aug 2026 IT Isaiah Taylor — holds since 2026-08-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A data centre powered by solar and batteries alone needs an array so oversized that the design is not worth building. — tap to centre the map on it A data centre powered by solar andbatteries alone needs an array sooversized that the design is notworth building. Last stated 2 years ago 18 Apr 2024 AV Austin Vernon — holds since 2024-04-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A solar panel is a manufactured object that produces wealth rather than consuming it, at a hundred times the rate of the best farmland. — tap to centre the map on it A solar panel is a manufacturedobject that produces wealth ratherthan consuming it, at a hundredtimes the rate of the best farmland. Last stated 2 years ago 9 Nov 2024 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2024-11-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A solar-powered data centre can cut its power draw a great deal while giving up very little compute, which is how it survives a run of bad weather. — tap to centre the map on it A solar-powered data centre can cutits power draw a great deal whilegiving up very little compute, whichis how it survives a run of badweather. Last stated a year ago 15 Aug 2025 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2025-08-15 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Replication earns its place even in a small system, because what it buys is fault tolerance rather than scale. Last stated 22 Apr 2026 · 5 months ago Holds Martin Kleppmann Read this korrent →