Ashish @ashishjayamohan

Practical systems engineering. @ApachePinot. Writing about how great software gets built. UCSD ‘25 systemssaturday.substack.com Sea of Tranquility, Luna Joined August 2020

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Ashish @ashishjayamohan

12 hours ago

Every time I go to the BLR airport, it looks completely different. So different from the first time I flew back in 2010.

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Been in India a week and I can immediately see why @ZeptoNow might be one of YC's best picks. Food, Zepto. Household items, Zepto. Literally anything you want, Zepto. Right to your doorstep in under 15 minutes. Incredible.

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Ashish @ashishjayamohan

a day ago

I've been reviewing a bunch of resources about io_uring in preparation for this week's Systems Saturday post and I'm realizing there are so many articles, videos, and talks about io_uring. Almost reaching Kafka-level ubiquity!

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a day ago

io_uring is a highly powerful asynchronous IO interface from Linux. In this video, Paul Moore talks about the impressive speed of io_uring, but also highlights the challenges of keeping kernel security in step with rapid performance-driven development. youtube.com/watch?v=AaaH6s…

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Ashish @ashishjayamohan

a day ago

Something that’s unexpectedly difficult in writing a technical blog is creating descriptive, yet simple diagrams. Does anyone have any tools that work really well for them? I want to start doing GIFs, but I don’t think Excalidraw supports that.

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Ashish @ashishjayamohan

4 days ago

Finished writing this week's post about Paxos - the consensus algorithm I'm convinced everyone is only pretending to understand. It comes out September 27 at 11 AM PST. Subscribe so you don't miss it!

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4 days ago

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4 days ago

I've been working on a post about Paxos for my systems blog. The thing I drearily underestimated is how hard it is to textually depict Paxos. Even with some basic images, it feels more convoluted than I'd like it to be. Apologies in advance if this week's post is more confusing…

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Ashish @ashishjayamohan

5 days ago

You can really learn a lot about a place by looking at the advertisements there. Been in Bangalore a few days and I've realized that India might be one of the few places where bright colors and busy ads still work. Ads in the Bay/US at large have long focused on specifically…

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Ashish @ashishjayamohan

6 days ago

SFO has some very cool planes

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6 days ago

I think I’m going to start coding on this

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Ashish @ashishjayamohan

a week ago

The post is out - go check it out!

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2 weeks ago

The post is out - go check it out!

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Ashish @ashishjayamohan

a week ago

My second flight in two weeks has been inordinately delayed and I am once again arriving 6+ hours late to my destination. This one’s a new one - I’m even arriving at a different airport.

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Ashish @ashishjayamohan

a week ago

In 1959, Sam Walton (founder of Walmart) bought a small plane. He owned less than 10 stores at the time but bought the plane to scout out new locations for his stores. Walton never saw mediocrity or small scale as an option. He only ever saw Walmart as the giant it is today.