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There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and naming things. -- Phil Karlton https://martinfowler.com/bliki/TwoHardThings.h

• andrewstuart2 9y ago
  Aw, you didn't quote the best one from that page. "There are 2 hard problems in computer science: cache invalidation, naming things, and off-by-1 errors."
  • kornish 9y ago
    Haha, didn't see that you beat me to it. It's worth including the third saying on the page just for completeness: "There are only two hard problems in distributed systems: 2. Exactly-once delivery 1. Guaranteed order of messages 2. Exactly-once delivery"
• kornish 9y ago
  "There are 2 hard problems in computer science: cache invalidation, naming things, and off-by-1 errors."