Minh Pham — Engineering Writinghttps://minhpham06.com/blog.htmlNotes on distributed systems, backend correctness, databases, networking, and ML systems.en-usThe SQL Query That Made Me Rethink Every Layer Below Ithttps://minhpham06.com/blog/pagedb-from-pages-to-sql.htmlBuilding PageDB from fixed pages to a bounded SQL server, one inspectable layer at a time.Tue, 08 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0500https://minhpham06.com/blog/pagedb-from-pages-to-sql.htmlA Security Control Is a Claim Until It Meets a Failurehttps://minhpham06.com/blog/aegis-controls-need-failure-evidence.htmlTesting Aegis with admission failures, a bad signed release, destructive restores, and a broken datapath.Tue, 08 Sep 2026 11:00:00 -0500https://minhpham06.com/blog/aegis-controls-need-failure-evidence.htmlA Payment Timeout Is Not a Declinehttps://minhpham06.com/blog/payment-timeout-is-not-a-decline.htmlPayment ambiguity, durable request identity, and reconciliation in CommerceCore.Mon, 07 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0500https://minhpham06.com/blog/payment-timeout-is-not-a-decline.htmlA CI System Is a Lease Protocol with Shell Commands Attachedhttps://minhpham06.com/blog/ci-system-is-a-lease-protocol.htmlFenced ownership and conservative remote-execution recovery in ForgeCI.Sun, 06 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0500https://minhpham06.com/blog/ci-system-is-a-lease-protocol.htmlLeader Election Was the Easy Part: What Building Raft Actually Requiredhttps://minhpham06.com/blog/raft-after-leader-election.htmlThe persistence and client semantics QuorumKV needed beyond election.Sat, 05 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0500https://minhpham06.com/blog/raft-after-leader-election.htmlHigh Availability Is Not Recoveryhttps://minhpham06.com/blog/high-availability-is-not-recovery.htmlWhat PgSentry taught me about failover, durability, and historical recovery.Fri, 04 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0500https://minhpham06.com/blog/high-availability-is-not-recovery.htmlI Built TCP Until curl Worked — Then the Interesting Problems Startedhttps://minhpham06.com/blog/tcp-after-curl-worked.htmlThe retransmission, congestion, window, and close behavior behind a working request.Thu, 03 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0500https://minhpham06.com/blog/tcp-after-curl-worked.htmlWhen the Performance Model Meets the GPUhttps://minhpham06.com/blog/performance-model-meets-gpu.htmlKeeping analytical predictions separate from measured hardware evidence.Wed, 02 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0500https://minhpham06.com/blog/performance-model-meets-gpu.html