Curiously, I had the same thought reading this. I found the bolded/italicized sentences particularly telling. I would expect this from an undergrad, but not som

Curiously, I had the same thought reading this. I found the bolded/italicized sentences particularly telling. I would expect this from an undergrad, but not someone who has worked on a large production system: > Why did data durability matter when building a payments system? For many parts of the system, no data could be lost, given this being something critical, like payments. I wish the author had shared more first-hand experience, especially those little anecdotes you can never find in textbooks...