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![No, we don’t use Kubernetes](https://ik.imagekit.io/ably/ghost/prod/2021/07/no-we-dont-use-kubernetes-current-setup-1.png?tr=w-768,q-50)
Ably engineering
17 min read
No, we don’t use Kubernetes
Jul 20, 2021
![Realtime and databases — a discussion on coupling versus modularity](https://ik.imagekit.io/ably/ghost/prod/2021/06/blog-realtime-database-2021@2x.jpg?tr=w-768,q-50)
Ably engineering
15 min read
Realtime and databases — a discussion on coupling versus modularity
![Martin Fietkiewicz](https://ik.imagekit.io/ably/ghost/prod/2020/09/martin-barcelona.jpg?tr=w-96,q-50)
Jun 14, 2021
![The Mysterious Gotcha of gRPC Stream Performance](https://ik.imagekit.io/ably/ghost/prod/2021/05/blog-grpc-may-2021@2x.jpg?tr=w-768,q-50)
Ably engineering
16 min read
The Mysterious Gotcha of gRPC Stream Performance
![Paul Cruickshank](https://ik.imagekit.io/ably/ghost/prod/2021/05/me.jpg?tr=w-96,q-50)
May 26, 2021
![Balancing act: Working within the limits of AWS network load balancers](https://ik.imagekit.io/ably/ghost/prod/2021/03/blog-featured-aws-nlbs.jpg?tr=w-768,q-50)
Ably engineering
10 min read
Balancing act: Working within the limits of AWS network load balancers
![Paddy Byers](https://ik.imagekit.io/ably/ghost/prod/2019/05/paddy-byers-83e6fa6a5d47687601b0586d529a4619bbe68178b5ff4d1ba8636e4612ea716f.jpg?tr=w-96,q-50)
Mar 30, 2021
![Engineering a fault tolerant distributed system](https://ik.imagekit.io/ably/ghost/prod/2022/01/engineering-dependability-and-fault-tolerance.png?tr=w-768,q-50)
Ably engineering
20 min read
Engineering a fault tolerant distributed system
![Paddy Byers](https://ik.imagekit.io/ably/ghost/prod/2019/05/paddy-byers-83e6fa6a5d47687601b0586d529a4619bbe68178b5ff4d1ba8636e4612ea716f.jpg?tr=w-96,q-50)
Feb 15, 2021
![Achieving exactly-once delivery with Ably](https://ik.imagekit.io/ably/ghost/prod/2020/11/4-pillars-exactly-once-semantics-cover-1.png?tr=w-768,q-50)
Ably engineering
24 min read
Achieving exactly-once delivery with Ably
![Paddy Byers](https://ik.imagekit.io/ably/ghost/prod/2019/05/paddy-byers-83e6fa6a5d47687601b0586d529a4619bbe68178b5ff4d1ba8636e4612ea716f.jpg?tr=w-96,q-50)
Nov 17, 2020
![Why Ably integrates with functions instead of delivering them](https://ik.imagekit.io/ably/ghost/prod/2022/01/why-ably-integrates-with-functions.png?tr=w-768,q-50)
Ably engineering
6 min read
Why Ably integrates with functions instead of delivering them
![Paddy Byers](https://ik.imagekit.io/ably/ghost/prod/2019/05/paddy-byers-83e6fa6a5d47687601b0586d529a4619bbe68178b5ff4d1ba8636e4612ea716f.jpg?tr=w-96,q-50)
Jul 28, 2020
![Adventures in BEAM optimization with our MQTT adapter](https://ik.imagekit.io/ably/ghost/prod/2021/02/beam-optimization-article-by-simon-meta-image-Screen-Shot-2020-08-06-at-16.03.49.png?tr=w-768,q-50)
Ably engineering
9 min read
Adventures in BEAM optimization with our MQTT adapter
![Simon Woolf](https://ik.imagekit.io/ably/ghost/prod/2020/07/simonwoolf.png?tr=w-96,q-50)
Jul 17, 2020
![Cassandra counter columns: Nice in theory, hazardous in practice](https://ik.imagekit.io/ably/ghost/prod/2020/06/cassandra-counter-columns1-1.png?tr=w-768,q-50)
Ably engineering
11 min read
Cassandra counter columns: Nice in theory, hazardous in practice
![Paddy Byers](https://ik.imagekit.io/ably/ghost/prod/2019/05/paddy-byers-83e6fa6a5d47687601b0586d529a4619bbe68178b5ff4d1ba8636e4612ea716f.jpg?tr=w-96,q-50)
Jun 11, 2020
![The definitive guide to diff algorithms and patch formats](https://ik.imagekit.io/ably/ghost/prod/2020/06/delta-arrow.jpg?tr=w-768,q-50)
Ably engineering
16 min read
The definitive guide to diff algorithms and patch formats
![Tsviatko Yovtchev](https://ik.imagekit.io/ably/ghost/prod/2019/11/tsviatko.jpg?tr=w-96,q-50)
Jun 8, 2020
![The Realtime API Family](https://ik.imagekit.io/ably/ghost/prod/2020/08/Realtime-Api-family-1.gif?tr=w-768,q-50)
Ably engineering
7 min read
The Realtime API Family
Dec 5, 2019
![What is a distributed systems engineer?](https://ik.imagekit.io/ably/ghost/prod/2019/05/data-center-ethernet.jpg?tr=w-768,q-50)
Ably engineering
6 min read
What is a distributed systems engineer?
Nov 25, 2019