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One eternal truth about system design is that everything is about tradeoffs.
While what this FB paper argues is generally true (you tradeoff correctness when you decentralize decision making), you can *still* have decentralization and *some* form of convergence. https://t.co/3JGc8YfVl7
You should do your job in such a fashion that others can build on top of it, so they will indeed say, "Yes, I've stood on so and so's shoulders and I saw further." The essence of science is cumulative. By changing a problem slightly you can often do great work rather than merely good work. Instead of attacking isolated problems, I made th
... See morePaul Graham • Richard Hamming: You and Your Research
Two people from the same organization tend to perform alike. That means the best performers are clustering in some organizations while the worst performers are clustering in others. This is the effect that software pioneer Harlan Mills predicted in 1981: While this [10 to 1] productivity differential among programmers is understandable, there is al
... See moreLister Tim • Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams
For a great example of a higher-order event abstraction, check out DepFast
@LuoStuart, @WeihaiShen, Shuai Mu, and @tianyin_xu showcase how higher-order event abstractions ensure correctness & improve developer experience in event driven systems
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