# brendandburns/designing-distributed-systems-labs

Labs for the Designing Distributed Systems book.

Repository: https://github.com/brendandburns/designing-distributed-systems-labs
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/designing-distributed-systems-labs
Language: JavaScript
License Family: other
Last push: 2023-01-31T05:28:49+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3073, "days_push": 1310, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1310, forks 342 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:19.915120+00:00)

## What it is
Hands-on labs accompanying the 'Designing Distributed Systems' book by Brendan Burns, implementing patterns like Ambassador, Circuit Breaker, and replicated load-balanced services. The exercises guide readers through deploying containerized distributed systems on Kubernetes in Microsoft Azure.

## Use cases
- learn distributed systems design patterns hands-on
- practice deploying services on kubernetes
- implement circuit breaker and ambassador patterns
- follow along with the designing distributed systems book
- learn kubernetes through guided labs
- understand batch computation patterns like copier and splitter

## When to choose
- you are reading the Designing Distributed Systems book and want practical exercises
- you want guided tutorials for common distributed systems patterns on Kubernetes
- you are learning Kubernetes deployment through concrete examples

## When to avoid
- you need production-ready distributed systems code
- you want a maintained library or framework rather than educational material
- you need a project with an explicit license for reuse

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: developer-tools, deployment, microservices, container-orchestration
- domain: microservices, tutorials, cloud-computing
- platform: cloud
- tags: distributed-systems-patterns, labs, kubernetes-exercises, azure, educational, containers, kubernetes, docker, nodejs

## Member repositories
- brendandburns/designing-distributed-systems-labs (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:19.915120+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:49:54.140253+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/brendandburns/designing-distributed-systems-labs (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:19.915120+00:00, sha 8e8aed3faf53)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.