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Mastering Atomic Counters in Distributed Databases

In this series, I'll cover different atomic counter pattern implementations from distributed databases. We want to investigate how popular distributed databases deal with CAP theorem dilemma.

Nov 22, 2024
Nov 22, 20243 min read261 views
Atomic counter: framing the Problem Space
Why Atomic Counters Matter in Distributed Systems In distributed systems, ensuring accuracy and consistency in concurrent operations is a core challenge. Atomic counters—a mechanism for maintaining precise, incrementing counts—are a common requireme...
3 min read261 views
Dec 9, 2024
Dec 9, 20246 min read359 views
Building Atomic Counters with DynamoDB
A Hands-On Guide
6 min read359 views
Dec 22, 2024
Dec 22, 20245 min read462 views
Building Atomic Counters with Elasticache Redis
A Hands-on Guide
5 min read462 views
Jan 2, 2025
Jan 2, 20255 min read125 views
Building Atomic Counters with Momento
A Hands-on Guide
5 min read125 views
Feb 16, 2025
Feb 16, 20256 min read117 views
Building Atomic Counters with TiDB
Scaling SQL Across the Universe
6 min read117 views
Mar 17, 2025
Mar 17, 20255 min read184 views
Building Atomic Counters with Amazon DocumentDB
A Hands-on guide
5 min read184 views

Posts in this series

Atomic counter: framing the Problem Space

Building Atomic Counters with DynamoDB

Building Atomic Counters with Elasticache Redis

Building Atomic Counters with Momento

Building Atomic Counters with TiDB

Building Atomic Counters with Amazon DocumentDB