From the Desk of Josh Beckman (www.joshbeckman.org) home / notes / note-on-systems-design-2-what-we-hope-we-know-via-apenwarr Speaking from a systems design point of view, we say that all real-world systems are “causal”: that is, outputs are produced after inputs, never before. As a result, every component you add to a flow can only add latency, never reduce it. Josh Beckman Reference system-design Systems Design 2: What We Hope We Know apenwarr 2023, May 14 Edit Comment/Reply via email Widgets Network Graph Legend Insight This widget generates “insights” about a post - you can read about how it works. Generating Keyboard Shortcuts Key Action o Source e Edit i Insight r Random h Home s or / Search Close www.joshbeckman.org/notes/529411145