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Distributed Computing @ OMSCS over – what a ride!

Posted on May 13, 2021 by Matt Chung

Last semester, I decided to enroll in the brand spanking new Georgia Tech’s Distributed Computing course offered for the first time (as part of OMSCS) thi...

Distributed Computing/Graduate School

Distributed Computing CS7210 Distributed Computing – A course review

Posted on May 13, 2021 by Matt Chung

Distributed Computing was offered in the OMSCS program for the first time this past semester (i.e. Spring 2021) and when the course opened up for registration, ...

Home Improvement/Lawn Care

Front-yard overseeding journey

Posted on May 13, 2021 by Matt Chung

Our front yard needs work. About 3 weeks ago, I made my first attempt at overseeding and although a couple seeds germinated, the lawn was left with lots of bare...

Computer Science/Graduate School/Parenting

Distributed Computing – Goodbye and thanks for the wonderful semester

Posted on May 5, 2021 by Matt Chung

I just finished Spring 2021 at Georgia Tech OMSCS and published a farewell note on the classroom’s forum (i.e. Piazza platform) and would like to share th...

Home Organization/Life

My first lawn seeds germinating!

Posted on April 30, 2021 by Matt Chung

After watching dozens of YouTube videos on lawn care, I decided about two weeks ago to overseed the front lawn and water the grass twice a day (I really used to...

Computer Science

iperf3 3 and TCP maximum segment size (MSS)

Posted on April 12, 2021 by Matt Chung

The above diagram I diagrammed illustrates the impact to a network packet when setting the maximum segment size in iperf3. With an MSS of 1436, the segment (i.e...

COVID19

Got the COVID-19 Pfizer vaccination

Posted on April 8, 2021 by Matt Chung

What did we do? Jess and I received our first dose of the Pfizer vaccination, our second dose scheduled for 3 weeks from now. We were able to get the vaccinatio...

Distributed Computing

PAXOS made moderately complex – slots

Posted on March 17, 2021 by Matt Chung

In the paper “PAXOS made moderately complex”, the authors introduce unfamiliar concepts not mentioned in the original PAXOS paper, concepts such as ...

Distributed Computing

PAXOS – I’m coming for you!

Posted on March 15, 2021 by Matt Chung

I’m now half way through Distributed Computing course at Georgia Tech and us students are now tackling the penultimate project: building a replicated stat...

Distributed Computing

Understanding linearizability

Posted on March 10, 2021 by Matt Chung

I’m preparing for my Distributing Systems midterm and I was struggling to understand the differences between serializability and linearizability (why are ...

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