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I don't know, in many settings that is a valid configuration. For me it is the responsibility of any person deploying such a distributed system to understand a
by anonymousDan 4y ago
I don't know, in many settings that is a valid configuration. For me it is the responsibility of any person deploying such a distributed system to understand a priori how the system will behave in the event of a network partition. If you don't know and/or you're not sure it's something you need to worry about then that's on you.
- jiggawatts 4y agoI don't know how to say this politely, but simply put: No. You can never, ever rely on people being infinitely knowledgeable and vigilant. Any attempt to do so is simply showing ignorance and indifference by yourself. An unmarked pit in the middle of the road is a hazard. Sure, drivers in theory ought to be vigilant of such things, but fundamentally the fault is with the construction crew for not leaving out bright orange markers. The default should be safe. The default should not be to optimised to win benchmarks to benefit the few, but to provide guarantees to provide for the many. But the few have power, and power corrupts.
- Spivak 4y agoI think I actually have even more responsibility because the expert is someone who is groggy, maybe hung over, and just got woken up abruptly by a page at 3am. Hell, half the time that person is me.