> State is always the enemy in technology. Except that state and its manipulation is usually the primary value in technology. > I can't even imagine managing

> State is always the enemy in technology. Except that state and its manipulation is usually the primary value in technology. > I can't even imagine managing hundreds of servers whose state is unpredictable at any moment and they can't be terminated and replaced with a fresh instance for fear of losing something. Yes, that sounds awful. That's why we have backups and, if necessary, redundancy and high availability.