Designing Backpressure and Concurrency in QuorumBD Middleware Building a distributed block storage system requires careful attention not only to replication and consistency, but also to the behaviour of the middleware layer that connects clients to the storage core. In QuorumBD, the middleware is intentionally designed to remain lightweight and deterministic, acting as a reliable bridge … Read more
Thirty-Five Years in the Machine — and Why I Left 🏭 Inside the Machine I have been inside the machine for thirty-five years. Not on the periphery. Not as an observer. Inside — where decisions are made that shape products used by billions, where projects worth hundreds of millions live and die in conference rooms, … Read more
🚀 retentions 1.3: Smarter Retention, Fewer Surprises With retentions 1.3, the tool grows up another notch. The core idea hasn’t changed:explicit, deterministic retention rules for plain files — no magic, no guessing. But version 1.3 adds a few very practical features that solve real-world annoyances many backup setups quietly suffer from. 🧰 What’s New in … Read more
🧩 Proxmox vzdump Hooks, Done Right Proxmox offers a powerful but often underused feature: vzdump hooks. They allow you to run custom logic at well-defined points during the backup lifecycle — before, during, and after a backup. In practice, however, most setups either: I wanted something different: This post describes the hook setup I’m using … Read more
Is AI Dangerous? A Thoughtful Perspective from ThK-Systems Is artificial intelligence dangerous?Probably. Does AI threaten the long-term existence of humanity?Perhaps — someday. Will AI eliminate jobs?Almost certainly. Artificial intelligence is like every major technological revolution before it. It brings both opportunity and disruption. It creates value — and it forces change. It opens doors — … Read more
