Alex Chevrier - Software Engineer
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  • Apr 11, 2026

    Building Mini-Kafka Phase 5: How I eliminated 655ms GC pauses in a Java storage engine — step by step with JFR proof

  • Apr 11, 2026

    Building Mini-Kafka Phase 4: How I fixed flaky Raft integration tests

  • Feb 28, 2026

    Building Mini-Kafka Phase 3: Partitioning

  • Feb 22, 2026

    Building Mini-Kafka Phase 2: Binary Protocol

  • Feb 9, 2026

    Building Mini-Kafka Phase 1: Log-Structured Storage Engine

  • Aug 9, 2024

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Alex Chevrier - Software Engineer

  • Alex Chevrier - Software Engineer
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Software engineer building distributed systems from first principles. Currently implementing Kafka-like infrastructure in Java 25 — log storage, binary protocol, Raft consensus. Based in Hong Kong.