Ask HN: What side projects can you do to learn more about Distributed Systems?

2 points by ra1 8y ago ↗ HN

I’ve been learning about Distributed Systems theory, but I’m looking for some small (weekend) project ideas that really cement my understanding. I’ve thought about implementing research papers I read, but most of them are non-trivial.

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karlhughes 8y ago ↗

I would just build something using microservices deployed on separate servers. For a one-person side project it will be hard to devote the time required to build a professional-grade distributed system, but deploying several small APIs on different servers will give you a taste of the challenges distributed systems introduce.