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Carol's Causal Conundrum: a zine intro to causally ordered message delivery

by evakhoury on 4/10/2026, 6:43:00 PM

https://decomposition.al/zines/

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by: rapnie

Wow, it surprises me that there aren&#x27;t more comments on this zine, which I find a delightful way to present interesting CS topics, detailed explanation and pages full of explanatory drawings that speak. The Zines page [0] mentions the definition of a zine:<p>&gt; &quot;a small-circulation print or online publication that is produced through noncommercial means and is meant to appeal to a niche audience&quot;<p>So then, is &quot;causally ordered message delivery&quot;, &quot;introduction to choreographic programming&quot;, and &quot;Fighting Faults in Distributed Systems&quot; too niche for HN? Hand-crafted with human sweat and tears, no AI. Is that the reason then perhaps for the silent comment thread, i.e. TL;DP, &quot;too long, doesn&#x27;t prompt&quot;?<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;decomposition.al&#x2F;zines&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;decomposition.al&#x2F;zines&#x2F;</a>

4/14/2026, 6:25:02 PM