flaper87 and kgriffs are so in sync. It's how we reach consensus so quickly on new ideas - it's because they actually communicate telepathically!
In other news, the discussions around how to implement sharding are starting to come together. We've been putting together pieces, and as they've come to light, it's been getting easier to see what works and what doesn't.
Next up: storage controllers to manage shard registration and mapping of queues to shards!