Carol's Causal Conundrum: a zine intro to causally ordered message delivery
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- #distributed systems
- #educational resources
- A zine is a small-circulation print or online publication produced noncommercially for a niche audience.
- The page collects free zines created by the author and students, available for download, printing, and distribution.
- 'Carol’s Causal Conundrum' introduces causally ordered message delivery, published in April 2026 with student Ayush Manocha.
- 'Communicating Chorrectly with a Choreography' introduces choreographic programming, published in December 2024 with student Ali Ali.
- Other zines include 'Fighting Faults in Distributed Systems' by Ali Ali for a 2024 undergraduate course.
- The author encourages zine creation in teaching and research, sharing resources like a blog post and NSF CAREER grant proposal.
- Support for zine projects includes optional assignments in courses and funding requests for collaborations.