March 14, 2026 March 14, 2026 Adding a shortcut made everything slower. Braess's Paradox. Braess's Paradox : a 1968 proof that adding capacity to a network can make every path through it worse. It shows up in roads, electricity grids, and game theory. Distributed SystemsNetworkingGame TheoryEngineering
November 22, 2025 November 22, 2025 Time is a Lie: Why Distributed Systems Can’t Agree on "Now" Leap seconds, clock drift, and why your server thinks it is in the future. Worth a Scroll Distributed SystemsEngineeringLinuxProtocols
