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It's a lot harder to make such drastic changes to something that's already serving production traffic at scale. It's okay to reinvent solved problems sometimes
by i0exception 5y ago
It's a lot harder to make such drastic changes to something that's already serving production traffic at scale. It's okay to reinvent solved problems sometimes because the alternative is be a multi-year project with unclear returns.
Also, the 7 day retention is a feature - it helps us recover data quickly in case of bugs in our storage code.
- ckdarby 5y agoI had written a novel of counter arguments and realized anyone who tries to tell someone that their bug is a feature isn't going to see the but for what it is. Best of luck, and God help the poor souls who have to maintain this when the original authors have left.