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The defining characteristics of distributed systems are random failure and unreliable communication. So yes. Sounds pretty Kafkaesque to me. (Or Byzantine.) Dis
by libraryofbabel 6y ago
The defining characteristics of distributed systems are random failure and unreliable communication. So yes. Sounds pretty Kafkaesque to me. (Or Byzantine.) Distributed consensus in particular strikes me as a problem quite worthy of The Castle or The Trial.