https://blog.rulyotano.com/tags/distributed-systems/ Recent content in Distributed Systems on Raul's Blog Hugo en-us Mon, 17 Mar 2025 22:07:11 +0000 https://blog.rulyotano.com/articles/zookeeper/ Mon, 17 Mar 2025 22:07:11 +0000 https://blog.rulyotano.com/articles/zookeeper/ <h2 id="1-goal-and-motivation">1. Goal and Motivation</h2> <p>This demo project explores how to assign unique, dynamic sequence numbers to multiple server instances in a distributed environment, inspired by challenges that surface when designing things like global ID generators (e.g., Twitter’s Snowflake). As described in the project’s README, the scenario began as a typical interview problem: how do you ensure each server instance receives (and keeps) a unique ID, especially if instances are started, stopped, or restarted?</p>