https://tuanhiep.github.io/tags/distributed-systems/Recent content in Distributed-Systems on Tuan Hiep TRAN — System Design & AI InfraHugoen-usSat, 11 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://tuanhiep.github.io/posts/series_2/2.global_payment_gateway_sagas/Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://tuanhiep.github.io/posts/series_2/2.global_payment_gateway_sagas/Why Two-Phase Commit (2PC) fails at scale, and how to architect the Saga Pattern and Transactional Outbox to guarantee data consistency across microservices.https://tuanhiep.github.io/posts/series_2/1.global_payment_gateway_idempotency/Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://tuanhiep.github.io/posts/series_2/1.global_payment_gateway_idempotency/Exactly-once delivery is an illusion in distributed networks. In this post, we architect an Idempotent Payment API to guarantee financial correctness amidst network timeouts, race conditions, and retry storms.https://tuanhiep.github.io/posts/series_1/4.stock_exchange_tradeoffs/Sun, 29 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://tuanhiep.github.io/posts/series_1/4.stock_exchange_tradeoffs/When does the LMAX Disruptor fail? We explore the CAP theorem, quantify the brutal costs of Kernel Bypass, and provide a strict decision framework for system design.https://tuanhiep.github.io/posts/series_1/3.stock_exchange_architecture/Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://tuanhiep.github.io/posts/series_1/3.stock_exchange_architecture/How to survive hardware crashes without a database. We explore Event Sourcing, the Sequencer pattern, and UDP Multicast to achieve 99.999% uptime in a single-threaded architecture.https://tuanhiep.github.io/posts/0.my_blog_system_design/Fri, 29 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://tuanhiep.github.io/posts/0.my_blog_system_design/A personal space to explore system design, AI infrastructure, and deep reflections on the world of technology.