INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART

VIEWSTAMPED REPLICATION

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MIT MUSEUM

Thanks for joining Systems Distributed in Boston!

Join us for the 4th Systems Distributed, in Boston!

Join us for the 4th
Systems Distributed, in Boston!

Another Systems Distributed is behind us and we can hardly believe it. Thank you to all who participated to make the days together remarkable and memorable.

All talks will premiere on YouTube in the weeks to come.

THE MAKING OF SYSTEMS DISTRIBUTED

SPEAKERS

Author of NASA’s The Power of Ten Rules for Safety-Critical Code

Gerard Holzmann

Author of NASA’s The Power of Ten Rules for Safety-Critical Code

James Cowling

Co-Author of Viewstamped Replication Revisited

James Cowling

Co-Author of Viewstamped Replication Revisited

Heidi Howard

Author of Flexible Paxos

Heidi Howard

Author of Flexible Paxos

Ram Alagappan

Co-Author of Protocol-Aware Recovery

Ram Alagappan

Co-Author of Protocol-Aware Recovery

Aishwarya Ganesan

Co-Author of Protocol-Aware Recovery

Aishwarya Ganesan

Co-Author of Protocol-Aware Recovery

Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn

Co-creator of BLAKE3, Zcash, Tahoe-LAFS, and Zooko’s Triangle

Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn

Co-creator of BLAKE3, Zcash, Tahoe-LAFS, and Zooko’s Triangle

Hillel Wayne

Author of Logic for Programmers, Practical TLA+

Hillel Wayne

Author of Logic for Programmers, Practical TLA+

Margaret Holzmann

Former Technical Group Supervisor at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Margaret Holzmann

Former Technical Group Supervisor at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Agenda

Sun, 26 Jul

Zig Day Boston

9:00aM - 5:00pM

Make Friends, Code, and Hone Your Skillz with Andrew and Loris

MIT MUSEUM

Join the Waitlist

MON, 27 Jul

SD26 Day one

8:00am

Registration & Welcome

Collect your badge and be seated by 8:50AM for a “running start".

9:00am

State of the Tagged Union Address

Andrew Kelley

10:00am

Logic for Programmers

Hillel Wayne

11:00am

Morning Break

11:30am

Breaking the Server: Systems for Disaggregated Datacenters

Aishwarya Ganesan

12:30pm

Lunch Break

1:30pm

The Power of Ten: Rules for Safety Critical Coding

Gerard Holzmann

2:30pm

Afternoon Break

3:00pm

The Prompt is the Platform

Dominik Tornow

4:00pm

Making the Impossible Possible (Again): Ten Years of Flexible Paxos

Heidi Howard

5:00pm

Doors Close

5:00pm

ICA Museum Open Hours*

Spend time and Browse the ICA's exhibitions, closed to the public.

6:30pm

Opening Night Event*

Follow the Harbor Walk to catch a sunset boat cruise with drinks and food. Boarding 6:15 PM and returning 9:00 PM.

* Standard Ticket Holders, Speakers & TigerBeetle Team only.

Tue, 28 Jul

SD26 Day Two

8:00am

Doors Open

Come early to mingle and take your seat by 8:50 AM.

9:00am

The Design and Evolution of io_uring

Jens Axboe

10:00am

Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn

11:00am

Forkable Shared Logs: Letting AI Agents Safely Operate on Live Data

Ram Alagappan

12:00pm

Lunch Break

1:00pm

Lightning Talks

Hosted by Natalie Vais

1:45Pm

Lessons in Systems Thinking

Margaret Holzmann

2:45pm

Afternoon Break

3:15pm

The Future Deserves Good Architecture

James Cowling

4:15pm

Mission-Critical

JORAN DIRK GREEF

5:30pm

Doors Close

VENUE

INSTITUTE OF Contemporary Art

The Institute of Contemporary Art Boston is located on the waterfront in the Seaport District— a cinematic space with glassy views, orange seats, and good acoustics!

Google Maps →

Standard tickets include museum exhibition access at the end of day 1
Enjoy the waterfront

Standard tickets include museum exhibition access at the end of day 1

Enjoy the waterfront

OPENING NIGHT

BOAT CRUISE

Join the TigerBeetle team and speakers for a sunset sail away, departing from Fan Pier near the ICA at 6pm. We'll take a 2.5 hour cruise to enjoy Boston’s beautiful scenery, with drinks and platter snacks, a unique setting to talk systems and spend time. The boat has a fixed capacity, so don't delay in securing your spot!

Buzz

ludwig
@ludwigABAP
Got to meet Andrew Kelley, Loris Cro, Joran, King Butcher, Matklad and all the lovely folks of TigerBeetle (including Marina and pink-haired lady who were incredibly kind) + new acquaintances AND basedmachina (who is awesome)
Very neat day
ludwig
@ludwigABAP
Got to meet Andrew Kelley, Loris Cro, Joran, King Butcher, Matklad and all the lovely folks of TigerBeetle (including Marina and pink-haired lady who were incredibly kind) + new acquaintances AND basedmachina (who is awesome)
Very neat day
ludwig
@ludwigABAP
Got to meet Andrew Kelley, Loris Cro, Joran, King Butcher, Matklad and all the lovely folks of TigerBeetle (including Marina and pink-haired lady who were incredibly kind) + new acquaintances AND basedmachina (who is awesome)
Very neat day
Peter Boncz
@peterabcz
The opening talk of #systemsdistributed, organized by our friends @TigerBeetleDB in the @EYE_film museum in Amsterdam, was given by Hannes Mühleisen of @duckdblabs about: DuckLake (https://ducklake.select) and this was very well received movie poster refers back to CIDR2025
Peter Boncz
@peterabcz
The opening talk of #systemsdistributed, organized by our friends @TigerBeetleDB in the @EYE_film museum in Amsterdam, was given by Hannes Mühleisen of @duckdblabs about: DuckLake (https://ducklake.select) and this was very well received movie poster refers back to CIDR2025
Peter Boncz
@peterabcz
The opening talk of #systemsdistributed, organized by our friends @TigerBeetleDB in the @EYE_film museum in Amsterdam, was given by Hannes Mühleisen of @duckdblabs about: DuckLake (https://ducklake.select) and this was very well received movie poster refers back to CIDR2025
Stephanie Wang
@StephWangBuilds
I had a lot of fun at @TigerBeetleDB‘s SD ‘25 talking about the power of single-node and simplicity in data analytics and AI systems. Also met a lot of cool people working on distributed system problems. Now onto @sigmod! #systemsdistributed
Stephanie Wang
@StephWangBuilds
I had a lot of fun at @TigerBeetleDB‘s SD ‘25 talking about the power of single-node and simplicity in data analytics and AI systems. Also met a lot of cool people working on distributed system problems. Now onto @sigmod! #systemsdistributed
Stephanie Wang
@StephWangBuilds
I had a lot of fun at @TigerBeetleDB‘s SD ‘25 talking about the power of single-node and simplicity in data analytics and AI systems. Also met a lot of cool people working on distributed system problems. Now onto @sigmod! #systemsdistributed
Protty
@kingprotty
Probably the smoothest conference I've attended so far. Was also great meeting old and new faces alike. Props to TigerBeetle again for setting it all up. #systemsdistributed
Protty
@kingprotty
Probably the smoothest conference I've attended so far. Was also great meeting old and new faces alike. Props to TigerBeetle again for setting it all up. #systemsdistributed
Protty
@kingprotty
Probably the smoothest conference I've attended so far. Was also great meeting old and new faces alike. Props to TigerBeetle again for setting it all up. #systemsdistributed
Derrick Wippler
@thrawn01
Systems Distributed 25 #SD25 has come to a close. I've learned so much, and meet many wonderful people.

My thanks to the entire @TigerBeetleDB team for demonstrating how to build a great community and a great conference. I was inspired by each member of the team, from the hand written letters welcoming us to the conference, to how each team member introduced speakers demonstrating the communal ownership, and unity, not soulless formality.

You have something special here and I'm looking forward to next year!
Derrick Wippler
@thrawn01
Systems Distributed 25 #SD25 has come to a close. I've learned so much, and meet many wonderful people.

My thanks to the entire @TigerBeetleDB team for demonstrating how to build a great community and a great conference. I was inspired by each member of the team, from the hand written letters welcoming us to the conference, to how each team member introduced speakers demonstrating the communal ownership, and unity, not soulless formality.

You have something special here and I'm looking forward to next year!
Derrick Wippler
@thrawn01
Systems Distributed 25 #SD25 has come to a close. I've learned so much, and meet many wonderful people.

My thanks to the entire @TigerBeetleDB team for demonstrating how to build a great community and a great conference. I was inspired by each member of the team, from the hand written letters welcoming us to the conference, to how each team member introduced speakers demonstrating the communal ownership, and unity, not soulless formality.

You have something special here and I'm looking forward to next year!
Maximilian Kuschewski
@maxikuschewski
The production quality on the #SD25 conference videos is really fantastic. The @TigerBeetleDB team puts so much love and effort into everything
Maximilian Kuschewski
@maxikuschewski
The production quality on the #SD25 conference videos is really fantastic. The @TigerBeetleDB team puts so much love and effort into everything
Maximilian Kuschewski
@maxikuschewski
The production quality on the #SD25 conference videos is really fantastic. The @TigerBeetleDB team puts so much love and effort into everything
andrii
@ynorsk
Honored to be #1 fan this year at #SD25 by @TigerBeetleDB
andrii
@ynorsk
Honored to be #1 fan this year at #SD25 by @TigerBeetleDB
andrii
@ynorsk
Honored to be #1 fan this year at #SD25 by @TigerBeetleDB
Matt Hall
@heartofthebone
Having a conference in a cinema certainly has some benefits - I can read all the text on the slides #sd25
Matt Hall
@heartofthebone
Having a conference in a cinema certainly has some benefits - I can read all the text on the slides #sd25
Matt Hall
@heartofthebone
Having a conference in a cinema certainly has some benefits - I can read all the text on the slides #sd25
thundron
@thundr0n
Loving #SD25 every bit
thundron
@thundr0n
Loving #SD25 every bit
thundron
@thundr0n
Loving #SD25 every bit
renerocksai⚡
@renerocksai
Back from #sd25 systemsdistributed and still awe-struck, residually amazed, lingeringly impressed, totally after-glowed, and hugely inspired ! The lineup was fantastic, the organization next level, and the location: unapologetically cinematic! The last talk from @jorandirkgreef (and the crew) didn't just end the conference - it redefined what a technical presentation _can_ be. Huge kudos to @tigerbeetle and the speakers! Glad and honored I was able to hang out with the most talented, gifted, humble, and nice people on the planet, which includes all of Tigerbeetle. Fittingly, the motto was "pay it forward". And boy have they done! (I feel pif-in-debt now).
renerocksai⚡
@renerocksai
Back from #sd25 systemsdistributed and still awe-struck, residually amazed, lingeringly impressed, totally after-glowed, and hugely inspired ! The lineup was fantastic, the organization next level, and the location: unapologetically cinematic! The last talk from @jorandirkgreef (and the crew) didn't just end the conference - it redefined what a technical presentation _can_ be. Huge kudos to @tigerbeetle and the speakers!
renerocksai⚡
@renerocksai
Back from #sd25 systemsdistributed and still awe-struck, residually amazed, lingeringly impressed, totally after-glowed, and hugely inspired ! The lineup was fantastic, the organization next level, and the location: unapologetically cinematic! The last talk from @jorandirkgreef (and the crew) didn't just end the conference - it redefined what a technical presentation _can_ be. Huge kudos to @tigerbeetle and the speakers! Glad and honored I was able to hang out with the most talented, gifted, humble, and nice people on the planet, which includes all of Tigerbeetle. Fittingly, the motto was "pay it forward". And boy have they done! (I feel pif-in-debt now).