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Jul 15, 2026

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Backend Engineering and Architecture

Handling Dependency Failures in Distributed Systems

A service can be healthy while the workflow it supports is failing. Working with distributed systems made me look at the complete operation, not only each service.

Distributed SystemsReliabilityEvent-Driven ArchitectureAWSProduction Engineering

Jun 17, 2026

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Real Engineering Lessons

Processing 100,000+ Security Events per Day

When a system processes more than 100,000 events every day, retries, duplicates and delayed messages aren’t edge cases anymore. They’re part of a normal day.

Distributed SystemsEvent-Driven ArchitectureReliabilityAWSApache Flink

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Handling Dependency Failures in Distributed Systems

Processing 100,000+ Security Events per Day

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