The difference between shipped and operated software is the difference between something you can run and forget, and something that demands ongoing, hands-on care. Choosing the former protects your team’s focus and sanity.| Pierre Zemb's Blog
Two podcast episodes—one from Oxide and one from Antithesis—on debugging at the limits and building correctness into systems from day one.| Pierre Zemb's Blog
A review of Nix/NixOS after using it on all my machines for three years. I'll cover what works, what doesn't, and why it's the first OS that's stuck with me.| Pierre Zemb's Blog
A technical deep-dive into FoundationDB Record Layer continuations, explaining how they enable long-running operations by segmenting work across multiple FDB transactions, effectively bypassing the inherent 5-second and 10MB limits.| Pierre Zemb's Blog