Database Replication
How databases stay in sync across multiple nodes — leader/follower, multi-leader, and leaderless replication.
Ismail Enegadi
Software Engineer
I build distributed systems and cloud infrastructure, with a growing focus on AI. I write about what I'm learning — from low-level hardware to large-scale system design.
- AI
- Distributed Systems
- Cloud
- Backend Engineering
- System Design
Recent posts
Google Cloud TPU System Architecture: From First Principles to Pod-Scale Training
A deep-dive mental model for TPU system architecture — from single chips to Pod-scale distributed training, covering TPU VM, the MXU systolic array, ICI topology, XLA compilation, SPMD/GSPMD sharding, and the complete path from Python to silicon.
CPUs, GPUs, and TPUs Explained for Beginners
A ground-up explanation of three types of processors — what they are, how they work, and when to use each one. No prior hardware knowledge required.