# Distributed Computing

- [The beauty of multi-process applications](/muse-on-engineering/engineering/distributed-computing/the-beauty-of-multi-process-applications.md)
- [Cook Concurrent, Parallel, Async, and Non-blocking Together (1)](/muse-on-engineering/engineering/distributed-computing/cook-concurrent-parallel-async-and-non-blocking-together-1.md)
- [Cook Concurrent, Parallel, Async and Non-blocking Together (2)](/muse-on-engineering/engineering/distributed-computing/cook-concurrent-parallel-async-and-non-blocking-together-2.md)
- [Cook Concurrent, Parallel, Async and Non-Blocking Together (3) - The Multitasking Myth](/muse-on-engineering/engineering/distributed-computing/cook-concurrent-parallel-async-and-non-blocking-together-3-the-multitasking-myth.md)
- [The Local and Global Optimization Trade-Off in System Design](/muse-on-engineering/engineering/distributed-computing/the-local-and-global-optimization-trade-off-in-system-design.md)
- [Throttling, Traffic Shaping, Traffic Shedding and Circuit Breakers in System Design](/muse-on-engineering/engineering/distributed-computing/throttling-traffic-shaping-traffic-shedding-and-circuit-breakers-in-system-design.md)
- [Differences Between Service Discovery and Load Balancing](/muse-on-engineering/engineering/distributed-computing/differences-between-service-discovery-and-load-balancing.md)
- [Load balancer](/muse-on-engineering/engineering/distributed-computing/differences-between-service-discovery-and-load-balancing/load-balancer.md): L4 load balancer works on connections; L7 load balancer works on requests; Client load balancer is more flexible but it needs to handle the complexity of making distributed load balancing decisions.
- [Power of Two Choices](/muse-on-engineering/engineering/distributed-computing/power-of-two-choices.md)
- [Using High Percentile Latency to Detect Resource Constraints](/muse-on-engineering/engineering/distributed-computing/using-high-percentile-latency-to-detect-resource-constraints.md)
- [Queuing's Impact on High Percentile Latency](/muse-on-engineering/engineering/distributed-computing/queuings-impact-on-high-percentile-latency.md)
