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Psss. They are not really talking about DNS, but referencing one of the many descendants of this quote, > There are only two hard things in Computer Science: c
by dietr1ch 3y ago
Psss. They are not really talking about DNS, but referencing one of the many descendants of this quote,
> There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and naming things. --Phil Karlton
Random reference, https://martinfowler.com/bliki/TwoHardThings.html https://martinfowler.com/bliki/TwoHardThings.html
- vidarh 3y agoBut it is unusually apt in the case of DNS, given it is about naming things and caching is one of the major things that keeps biting people with DNS.
- ilyt 3y agoFrom what I've noticed 99% of "things biting people in DNS" is the way windows domain does it, at least the sentiment for "it's always DNS" tend to be far stronger on windows side of things
- vidarh 3y agoI've never had to deal with the windows side of things, thankfully. All of my experience with DNS caching issues is with other systems.
- HPsquared 3y agoThat must be why DNS is hard, it's completely made up of the difficult stuff.