From Contention to Throughput on Tuan Hiep TRAN

From Contention to Throughput on Tuan Hiep TRAN — The Principal Crafthttps://tuanhiep.github.io/principal/series/from-contention-to-throughput/Recent content in From Contention to Throughput on Tuan Hiep TRAN — The Principal CraftHugo -- 0.162.1en-usMon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000From Contention to Throughput (5/5): The Grand Finale — Database / Queue vs Kafka vs Workflow Engineshttps://tuanhiep.github.io/principal/posts/series_2/5.the_grand_finale_decision_framework/Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://tuanhiep.github.io/principal/posts/series_2/5.the_grand_finale_decision_framework/The ultimate decision framework. We resolve the holy war between Database / Queue primitives, Event Streams, and Workflow Engines by defining state lifespan and coordination boundaries.From Contention to Throughput (4/5): Scaling Beyond a Single Database — Partitioning & The Connection Collapsehttps://tuanhiep.github.io/principal/posts/series_2/4.scaling_beyond_postgresql_sharding/Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://tuanhiep.github.io/principal/posts/series_2/4.scaling_beyond_postgresql_sharding/When a single PostgreSQL instance hits its physical limits, we must shard. We explore the Connection Collapse trap, multiplexing proxies, and intelligent shard routing.From Contention to Throughput (3/5): Designing for Failure — Lease Systems & Distributed Recoveryhttps://tuanhiep.github.io/principal/posts/series_2/3.designing_for_failure_lease_systems/Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://tuanhiep.github.io/principal/posts/series_2/3.designing_for_failure_lease_systems/When SKIP LOCKED is not enough. We explore the State Model, the Law of Temporal Ownership, and how Fencing Tokens prevent distributed split-brain.From Contention to Throughput (2/5): Turning PostgreSQL into a Lock-Free Queue — The SKIP LOCKED Patternhttps://tuanhiep.github.io/principal/posts/series_2/2.turning_postgresql_into_a_lock_free_queue/Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://tuanhiep.github.io/principal/posts/series_2/2.turning_postgresql_into_a_lock_free_queue/How to resolve massive database lock contention without deploying Kafka. We explore Quantitative Capacity, the Law of Non-Blocking Acquisition, and the SKIP LOCKED paradigm.From Contention to Throughput (1/5): Move the Work, Not the Latency — The Pre-allocation Paradigmhttps://tuanhiep.github.io/principal/posts/series_2/1.the_law_of_decoupled_computation/Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://tuanhiep.github.io/principal/posts/series_2/1.the_law_of_decoupled_computation/Why Compute-on-Demand fails at scale. We explore the Law of Decoupled Computation, the Decision Framework, and how to eliminate latency from the critical path.