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The Simple Magic of Consistent Hashing (2011)
- mos_basik 10y agoIn an earlier thread about Stephen Wolfram's contributions to a recent movie, a user commented that the alien circle-grams looked similar to how diagrams of consistent hashing turn out [0]. I had never heard of the concept, so I went looking and was surprised by its simplicity and elegance. [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12942021 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12942021