EngineeringExplainer
How the new Tesla Roadster stays upside down
Fans, sealing skirts and cold-gas thrusters do different jobs. Follow the forces behind the Roadster's inverted ramp and airborne demonstrations.
6 min readEngineering
How things are designed, built, and made to work, from digital systems to the physical world.
EngineeringInteractive
Latency is a budget, not a single number
Network time, queueing, and service work all spend the same budget. Explore what changes when independent work runs in parallel.
2 min read
EngineeringExplainer
Retries need a budget, too
Trying again can recover from a brief failure. Without limits, backoff, and a safe operation, it can also make the failure worse.
2 min read