<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Josh Ashton: blog</title><description>Learning distributed systems, .NET, messaging and AI pipelines in public.</description><link>https://joshuaashton.com/</link><language>en-gb</language><item><title>The fundamentals of distributed systems, before I write any code</title><link>https://joshuaashton.com/blog/distributed-systems-fundamentals/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://joshuaashton.com/blog/distributed-systems-fundamentals/</guid><description>Why distributed systems exist, the ideas that keep coming back (idempotency, immutability, consistency, observability) and the technologies I&apos;m about to get my hands on.</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Distributed systems</category><category>Architecture</category></item></channel></rss>