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Small reusable ideas from my transition into embedded systems, computer architecture, RTOSes, RTL, chip design, and low-level software. Rough, evolving, and connected.
Load Shedding
roughDropping or rejecting work intentionally so a system can remain healthy under overload.
#systems#reliability
Updated Jul 12, 2026
Queues
roughA queue buffers work between producers and consumers.
#systems
Updated Jul 12, 2026
Backpressure
workingHow systems signal upstream producers to slow down when consumers cannot keep up.
#systems#queues
Updated Jul 12, 2026