Advent of Distributed Systems
Learning and science
distributed systems learning playground
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How HN took it
4 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 3 critical, out of 10 comments about the project. Thread score +0.13.
Idea: 3 for, 0 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Fun and useful for learning distributed systems without setup
From 3 comments
Thank you for doing this! I too have wanted to play with Fly's distributed systems challenges but was put off by having to do the setup bit.
usrme on HNLooks really fun! Looks like there's also Rust bindings to Maelstrom [1] and since its a network challenge, it should be doable in any language. I might try it in Rust! [1]…
zaptheimpaler on HNLooks good!
heldrida on HN
Good showcase of Cannon
From 1 comment
Really cool and a great way to show off what you've built with Cannon
dschofie on HN
Objections
Buttons 1-6 don't work inside the iframe
From 2 comments
This looks really cool! I'd love to get into more systems-design AoC problems rather than DSA puzzles for a change. feedback: I was a bit confused as to why the answer to the…
semitones on HNsame issues here
jetru on HN
Week 1 answer is prefilled, which gives too much away
From 2 comments
This looks really cool! I'd love to get into more systems-design AoC problems rather than DSA puzzles for a change. feedback: I was a bit confused as to why the answer to the…
semitones on HNThanks for trying it out! I prefilled the answer for week 1 was to help people understand the boilerplate needed better, but maybe that was giving too much away. I'll try putting…
cryingpotato on HN
Editor color scheme has poor contrast
From 1 comment
Hey! I love this, thanks for making it. One suggestion: the editor color scheme is very hard for me to read. There's not a lot of contrast between the light, pastel colors and…
sturmdev on HN
Landing page assumes too much knowledge without context
From 1 comment
When I clicked this it took me straight into a page with code and an explanation with a bunch of assumed knowledge. It's not very self-explanatory. When I came back here, it the…
fphhotchips on HN
Requests
Add an explainer modal on first visit
From 2 comments
When I clicked this it took me straight into a page with code and an explanation with a bunch of assumed knowledge. It's not very self-explanatory. When I came back here, it the…
fphhotchips on HNThat’s useful feedback, I’ll try to put up an explainer modal. Thanks for trying it!
cryingpotato on HN
Provide boilerplate for all weeks, not just week one
From 1 comment
I got confused by the buttons as well. > I'll try putting something more minimal in. That would be great, do please add the boilerplate to all the weeks not just week one,…
anze3db on HN
Add a theme option or more accessible default theme
From 1 comment
Hey! I love this, thanks for making it. One suggestion: the editor color scheme is very hard for me to read. There's not a lot of contrast between the light, pastel colors and…
sturmdev on HN
Questions
Can the buttons work inside the iframe given CORS limits
From 1 comment
Thanks for trying it out! I prefilled the answer for week 1 was to help people understand the boilerplate needed better, but maybe that was giving too much away. I'll try putting…
cryingpotato on HN
Alternatives named
dslabs course repo from University of Washington
From 1 comment
I took a Distributed Systems course at Georgia Tech's OMSCS program this spring, which used a learning framework from the University of Washington:…
shepherdjerred on HN
codecrafters.io
From 1 comment
I wish there was a good way to learn distributed systems between dense lectures on MIT OCW and stringing together libraries with raft/paxos already implemented in it or using…
Racing0461 on HN
Protohackers
From 1 comment
https://protohackers.com
Zolomon on HN
Maelstrom Rust bindings
From 1 comment
Looks really fun! Looks like there's also Rust bindings to Maelstrom [1] and since its a network challenge, it should be doable in any language. I might try it in Rust! [1]…
zaptheimpaler on HN