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    Colin Breck

    blog.colinbreck.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2018

    Colin Breck writes about distributed systems, observability, Rust memory safety, WebAssembly, technical writing, and engineering career tracks.

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    Distributed SystemsSystems & PerformanceProgramming
    What HN says

    The provided comments give no opinion; HN links it for essays on distributed systems, observability, and unsafe Rust.

    Stats for nerds
    20HN people shared it
    25linked in comments
    548story points
    2026last shared

    Top posts on HN

    1. 1
      Predicting the Future of Distributed Systems
      2 people · 243 points · first shared 2024 · 47 comments on HN
    2. 2
      Why am I excited about WebAssembly?
      1 person · 170 points · first shared 2022 · 201 comments on HN
    3. 3
      Observations on Observability
      1 person · 57 points · first shared 2019 · 4 comments on HN
    4. 4
      Making unsafe Rust a little safer
      1 person · 38 points · first shared 2024 · 10 comments on HN
    5. 5
      When Impressive Performance Gains Do Not Matter
      4 people · 10 points · first shared 2026 · Discussion on HN
    6. 6
      Administrivia: Reconsidering the Engineering and Management Tracks
      2 people · 5 points · first shared 2024 · Discussion on HN
    7. 7
      Techniques for Improving Your Technical Writing
      2 people · 4 points · first shared 2019 · 1 comments on HN
    8. 8
      Making Unsafe Rust a Little Safer: Find Memory Errors in Prod with GWP-ASan
      2 people · 4 points · first shared 2025 · Discussion on HN
    9. 9
      From a Time-Series Database to a Key Operational Technology for the Enterprise
      1 person · 3 points · first shared 2018 · Discussion on HN
    10. 10
      SARS-CoV-2 and the Future of Work
      1 person · 3 points · first shared 2020 · Discussion on HN

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