Distributed Systems Index

Distributed Systems Skills

Category Overview

Total Skills: 17 Category: distributed-systems

Skills in This Category

cap-theorem.md

Description: CAP theorem fundamentals, consistency vs availability trade-offs, and practical implications for distributed system design

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consensus-raft.md

Description: RAFT consensus algorithm including leader election, log replication, safety guarantees, and implementation patterns

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consensus-paxos.md

Description: Paxos consensus algorithm including Basic Paxos, Multi-Paxos, roles, phases, and practical implementations

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crdt-fundamentals.md

Description: Conflict-free Replicated Data Types (CRDTs) fundamentals including convergence, commutativity, and basic CRDT operations

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crdt-types.md

Description: Specific CRDT implementations including LWW-Register, OR-Set, RGA, and collaborative text editing CRDTs

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dotted-version-vectors.md

Description: Dotted version vectors for efficient sibling management, compact causality tracking, reducing metadata overhead compared to pure vector clocks

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interval-tree-clocks.md

Description: Interval tree clocks for dynamic systems, scalable causality tracking, fork/join operations, avoiding process ID exhaustion

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vector-clocks.md

Description: Vector clocks for tracking causality in distributed systems, detecting concurrent events, and resolving conflicts

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logical-clocks.md

Description: Lamport logical clocks for establishing happened-before ordering in distributed systems without synchronized physical clocks

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eventual-consistency.md

Description: Eventual consistency models, consistency levels, read/write quorums, and practical trade-offs in distributed systems

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conflict-resolution.md

Description: Conflict resolution strategies including Last-Write-Wins, multi-value, semantic resolution, and application-specific merge functions

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replication-strategies.md

Description: Data replication strategies including primary-backup, multi-primary, chain replication, and quorum-based replication

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partitioning-sharding.md

Description: Data partitioning and sharding strategies including hash-based, range-based, consistent hashing, and rebalancing

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distributed-locks.md

Description: Distributed locking patterns including Redis Redlock, ZooKeeper locks, lease-based locking, and fencing tokens

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leader-election.md

Description: Leader election algorithms including bully algorithm, ring algorithm, and consensus-based election with RAFT/Paxos

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gossip-protocols.md

Description: Gossip protocols for disseminating information, failure detection, and eventual consistency in large-scale distributed systems

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probabilistic-data-structures.md

Description: Probabilistic data structures including Bloom filters, HyperLogLog, Count-Min Sketch for space-efficient approximations

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See skills/README.md for the complete catalog of all categories and gateway skills.

Browse: This index provides a quick reference. Load the discover-distributed gateway skill for common workflows and integration patterns.

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