Mustafa Uysal

I'm traveling light, it's au revoir… leaving my two cents here and there.

thinking-aloud

  • Slow down, you’re doing fine!

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    2 min read

    I’ve sent Vienna to more than a few friends over the years, usually when they’re trying to fit an entire life into the next six months. There’s always something to catch up with. A career milestone, a relationship, money, a project, a version of yourself you somehow think you should already have become. I understand…

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  • Eventually Consistent

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    4 min read

    There is a concept in distributed systems called eventual consistency. In simple terms, when the same data exists in multiple places, they don’t all have to reflect a change at exactly the same moment. For a while, different parts of the system can disagree with each other. One node has the new value, another still…

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  • Tailor Made

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    4 min read

    There is an interesting balance in fashion. Tailors still exist. People still get custom suits, shirts, jackets, and dresses made specifically for their body, taste, and lifestyle. There is still prestige in something being tailor made. But for everyday life, most of us buy from brands.

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  • Famous hard problems in computer science

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    4 min read

    I’ve been working hard on the new version of PoweredCache for a while and hope to announce the new version soon (very soon). I found myself repeating famous phrases from Phil Karlton a lot.

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  • The Tech and The Wealth It Creates

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    4 min read

    I made my appointment for the first dose of the BioNTech vaccine today, and (once again) I’m grateful that we are living in such a good time. When we look the past outbreaks, the development time of the vaccine is quite fascinating. And thankfully we have those technologies which make this happen.

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