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> apps won't accept an error for an answer and start retrying, sometimes aggressively I'm certainly guilt of this. Retries make the world go round, and round a
by spyspy 5y ago
> apps won't accept an error for an answer and start retrying, sometimes aggressively
I'm certainly guilt of this. Retries make the world go round, and round again. I've been given attitude by teams that own downstream services.
Them: "Why are you retrying so aggressively?"
Me: "Why is your service so damn flakey?"
- throw0101a 5y ago> Retries make the world go round, and round again. Depends on the rate I would think: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exponential_backoff https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exponential_backoff
- yesbabyyes 5y agoSurely they are upstream from you if they need to rate limit you? (And that sounds like you giving, rather than being given, attitude.)