MQMarshall Qiao

Distributed Systems

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  1. 3 min readWriting

    Designing High-Throughput Systems Without Losing the Plot

    A practical framework for separating capacity, latency, correctness, and operational risk before choosing technology.

  2. 2 min readInterview Lab

    System Design Drill: A High-Throughput Rule Engine

    How to structure requirements, data flow, scaling, correctness, and operations in a 45-minute system design interview.

  3. 2 min readWriting

    Event-Driven Architecture: Where the Boundaries Actually Matter

    Events create leverage only when ownership, delivery guarantees, and recovery paths are explicit.