This post is about the physical laws of backpressure in software systems, latency death spirals, and why unbounded queues are a bug. Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Peter Mbanugo (originally published on Peter’s blog). Peter will be speaking at P99 CONF 2026. His topic: Multi-Core Without the Trilemma: Escaping Async/Await, Mutexes, and GC. Register now — the conference is free and…

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Apple TV today announced the release date for the sixth season of its popular spy drama series Slow Horses, based on the books by Mick Herron. The show stars Gary Oldman as the leader of a ‘dumping ground’ division inside MI5 known for its blunders more than its successes.

Season 6 will premiere on September 16, with new episodes dropping weekly through October 21. The first look image featured above shows Oldman in his iconic form as Jackson Lamb.