A single, well-considered choice in one component of a distributed system can significantly impact its efficiency and behavior. At Storj, a decentralized object storage platform, this principle is demonstrated through the use of Bloom filters for garbage collection. This post is based on my notes and observations as a small-scale contributor and active community member. I found this case study interesting not just for its set of trade-offs, as is typical in system architecture, but also for demonstrating the necessity of intentional design.

I would like to invite everyone to my talk at the next Wrocław JUG meetup in Wrocław on Tuesday, February 18, 2025. Together with my colleague Jakub Nowosielski, I will be discussing how to build system architectures that respond to data-heavy environments in a presentation titled “Dane jako surowiec, dane jako produkt” (“Data as Raw Material, Data as a Product”). I hope to see you there!

I would like to invite everyone to my talk at the next WAIT AI meetup (LinkedIn post) in Wrocław on Tuesday, July 30th 2024. My presentation titled “Funkcja celu kontra biznes” (“Loss function contra Business”) will show two case studies where designing a loss function that matched business reality brought significant benefits the application of machine learning practices in commercial environments. Furthermore, the second talk with be presented by Michał Gołębiewicz, who is my colleague at Comscore!