Steven Normore

Software engineer building things and writing about what I learn.

Interested in distributed systems, developer tools, and understanding how things work.

Featured Writing

The Cathedral and the Bazaar

Feb 15, 2025 Software Engineering · Open Source

The Bitter Lesson: Theoretical Foundations

Feb 14, 2025 AI · Machine Learning

Logical Clocks in Distributed Systems

Feb 13, 2025 Distributed Systems

Synchronization in Distributed Systems

Feb 12, 2025 Distributed Systems

Random Linear Network Coding

Jan 16, 2025 Networking · Coding Theory

Recent

Ordering in Distributed Systems

Feb 10, 2025 Distributed Systems

The Bitter Lesson

Feb 4, 2025 AI · Machine Learning

Designing Data-Intensive Applications

Jan 14, 2025 Distributed Systems · Books

Behavioral Finance

Jan 12, 2025 Finance · Mental Models