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I think dynamic reconfiguration leads to less runnable software - make everything as immutable as possible and it’s easy to reason about.
by klysm 5y ago
I think dynamic reconfiguration leads to less runnable software - make everything as immutable as possible and it’s easy to reason about.
- muxator 5y agoThis is indeed true in many cases, but not always. If your application is a client-side GUI you may not want to restart it on reconfiguration. This applies to other things as well: think about having to restart your reverse proxy/load balancer each time you add a new route, or rebooting your OS each time you reconfigure a systemd unit, or reinitializing your embedded HW because something changes. The possible incarnations of SW are very much varied, and not everything can be solved in the same way.
- klysm 5y agoAgreed about those cases, but we're talking about running software which I took as running services on a server somewhere.