Decentralized systems: The good, the bad, and the ugly
Decentralization is often touted as an intrinsic good architecturally. While it's possible to benefit from decentralized thinking, it's also very easy to misfit the solution to the problems at hand. Join Brian Sletten to explore the major decentralized approaches and their applicability to specific problems.
| Talk Title | Decentralized systems: The good, the bad, and the ugly |
| Speakers | Brian Sletten (Bosatsu Consulting) |
| Conference | O’Reilly Software Architecture Conference |
| Conf Tag | Engineering the Future of Software |
| Location | New York, New York |
| Date | February 4-6, 2019 |
| URL | Talk Page |
| Slides | Talk Slides |
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Decentralization drives much of the thinking of modern systems, including Tim Berners-Lee’s ideas for where the web should go to recover its potential. There are common benefits touted by advocates of these approaches, but as with all things, there are some problems that are better met with some technologies than others. Join Brian Sletten to explore the major decentralized approaches and their applicability to specific problems. You’ll dive into major ideas (distributed hash tables, content-based addressing, etc.) as well as how they’re used in actual, running systems. You’ll also discover where they fall short, where they run into regulatory or governance issues and security concerns, and more. Topics include:
