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I don't understand why people find DNS so difficult, it’s just cache invalidation and naming things. source: https://twitter.com/jdub/status/739110670562557952
by andrewchambers 6y ago
I don't understand why people find DNS so difficult, it’s just cache invalidation and naming things.
source: https://twitter.com/jdub/status/739110670562557952?s=20 https://twitter.com/jdub/status/739110670562557952?s=20
- KMag 6y agoFor context, I presume most of you have heard the old old joke that the two hard problems of computer science are cache invalidation, naming things, and off-by-one errors. (Or the older joke that the two hard problems of computer science are cache invalidation and naming things.)
- nanomonkey 6y ago>There are two hard problems in computer science: naming concurrency >things, cache invalidation, and off-by-one errors.
- FeepingCreature 6y agoNo "and async." Figures.
- unsigner 6y agoOr that we only have one real joke, and it kinda sucks.
- jdub 6y agoAh, I wondered why that tweet was going around again! :-) A little tribute to Phil Karlton's classic. And DNS.
- pfarrell 6y agoGreat joke. Told it on a zoom meeting today. Got a big laugh from half the people... the programmers.