A. Jesse Jiryu Davis

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Review: Detock: High Performance Multi-region Transactions at Scale A deterministic DB based on Calvin and SLOG, optimized for geo-distributed transacations.
Review: Timestamp as a Service, not an Oracle A new distributed algorithm in a classic style: consensusless monotonic timestamps.
How To Use MongoDB Causal Consistency The missing manual for a useful MongoDB feature.
Monks at Holy Cross, part 2 An Anglican Benedictine monastery in the Hudson Valley.
Jyakuen's Shuso Hossen March 24, 2024. A ceremony at the Village Zendo. Jyakuen gave her first dharma talk and became a senior Zen student.
Monks at Holy Cross An Anglican Benedictine monastery in the Hudson Valley.
Bodhisattvas Always Smile We vow to bear witness to the world's suffering, but there's no reason to be gloomy about it. Let's be cheerful bodhisattvas!
Ordination at Christ Episcopal March 5, 2024. An ordination ceremony for Emily Carter at Christ Episcopal Church in Poughkeepsie.
Climbing in Puerto Rico February 2024. Photos of my friends sport-climbing on the limestone crags near San Juan.
Review: Antipode: Enforcing Cross-Service Causal Consistency in Distributed Applications A 2023 paper about an interesting new consistency level for microservices.