assorted systems

more notes than anything else, may be informative. topics include systems, storage, networks etc.

Notes on Deepseek 3FS Filesystem

Notes on the Fire-Flyer Filesystem by Deepseek

7 min read · March 2, 2025

2025 · filesystems storage · systems
On The Universality of Query Languages

Why is SQL what it is? What motivates a different query language?

4 min read · February 6, 2025

2025 · sql · philosoraptormode
Are All Networks Just Tradeoffs?

Or, are we destined to tune?

7 min read · December 7, 2024

2024 · networks · networks
Credits, Flow, and Congestion Control in Infiniband

Notes on CBFC, lossless fabrics, receiver-driven congestion control etc.

4 min read · December 4, 2024

2024 · networks · systems
Notes on Web Pages and CMU Infra

Dealing with AFS, cells, permissions etc.

3 min read · November 29, 2024

2024 · web · web