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aliases: ["Yusuf Osman"]
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# Yusuf Osman

Staff engineer specializing in distributed systems at a large European tech company, with deep expertise in system design for high-throughput, low-latency applications. Yusuf appeared on the podcast to discuss system design at scale, covering architecture patterns for distributed systems, the trade-offs between consistency and availability in real-world applications, and how to build systems that degrade gracefully under load. His practical experience running systems serving millions of users gave the conversation weight and specificity.

## Notes

- Technical depth is outstanding; can discuss distributed systems theory and practical implementation with equal fluency
- The episode was one of the most technically dense of the season, but Yusuf's clear explanations kept it accessible
- Shared a mental model for "designing for failure" that Luca has referenced in subsequent newsletter issues
- Quiet confidence in conversation; does not oversell his expertise but delivers genuinely insightful analysis when prompted

## Collaborations

- [[25q2-podcast-season-3]] — recorded episode on system design at scale
- [[topic-ai-ml]] — touched on ML system design patterns and their distributed systems implications
- [[procedure-podcast-guest-outreach]] — connected through the distributed systems community on Twitter
