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Helland Distributed Data

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Design scalable data systems in the style of Pat Helland, distributed systems veteran from Tandem, Microsoft, and Amazon. Emphasizes life beyond distributed transactions, idempotency, and practical patterns for data at scale. Use when building systems that must scale beyond single-node ACID transactions.

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Claude CodeCodexCursorGitHub CopilotGemini CLI

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About this skill

Design scalable data systems in the style of Pat Helland, distributed systems veteran from Tandem, Microsoft, and Amazon. Emphasizes life beyond distributed transactions, idempotency, and practical patterns for data at scale. Use when building systems that must scale beyond single-node ACID transactions.

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About this listing

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General
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Listing language (estimated)
English
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Agent compatibility
Atlas installation supports Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor. Skill-specific dependencies and features are checked during setup.
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