https://mohamed.computer/tags/distributed-systems/Recent content in Distributed-Systems on Mohamed Attia's MacrocosmHugoen-us©️ Mohamed AttiaFri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0200https://mohamed.computer/posts/the-message-arrived/Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0200https://mohamed.computer/posts/the-message-arrived/<h2 id="prelude">Prelude</h2> <p>Every few years, I revisit one of my favorite papers <a href="https://web.mit.edu/saltzer/www/publications/endtoend/endtoend.pdf" title="end-to-end">END-TO-END ARGUMENTS IN SYSTEM DESIGN</a> and this time I decided I will write an exposition of it to maybe inspire others to read it but also serve as a set of notes for my future self.</p> <h2 id="introduction">Introduction</h2> <p>Imagine we have an application that holds bank accounts for Alice and Bob. Alice wants to transfer $50 from her account to Bob&rsquo;s.</p>