https://giedrius.blog/categories/algorithms/Recent content in Algorithms on Giedrius StatkevičiusHugoen-USFri, 04 Mar 2022 10:19:50 +0000https://giedrius.blog/2022/03/04/distributed-systems-magic-groupcache-in-thanos/Fri, 04 Mar 2022 10:19:50 +0000https://giedrius.blog/?p=953<p>This is a sequel to my previous blog post about trying to migrate to a newer version of protocol buffer API. In this blog post, I will tell you how we&rsquo;ve managed to get <a href="https://github.com/golang/groupcache">groupcache</a> into Thanos during the previous LFX mentorship. The team consisted of <a href="https://github.com/akanshat">Akansha Tiwari</a>, <a href="https://onprem.dev/">Prem Saraswat</a>, and me. It would not have been possible to implement this without the whole team.</p> <p>In the beginning, let&rsquo;s quickly go over what is groupcache and why it solves a few important problems in Thanos.</p>