DAY 158 / 210
Safety Properties in Distributed Systems
This day launches the distsys-safety phase by establishing why safety guarantees matter for production AI infrastructure. It equips the learner to evaluate failure modes before implementing coordination logic later in the week. The focus on verifiable properties directly informs later decisions around rate limiting and API reliability.
⏱ 35 min target📝 2 quiz Qs
Resources
- 25 min
Deliverable
Journal entry with one safety violation example drawn from rate-limiter.ts behavior
Quiz · 2 questions
1. Which property is violated if two clients observe different orderings of the same write?
2. Name one real-world consequence of violating safety in a rate limiter.