What are distributed systems?
Carlos Talavera
“Distributed systems” is a commonly used concept today. Perhaps the first time you read it it sounds daunting, and while there are plenty of challenges, the concept itself is simple and it might even give you more clarity when it comes to building this kind of system. Let’s start from… the beginning. When software went from being a possibility to being a reality (a virtual one, of course), things were pretty simple: if we wanted to solve a problem, we’d create an application program that would r