> the complexity of incrementing and decrementing integers. This is tantamount to saying that all of software is just flipping a bunch of tiny switches on and

> the complexity of incrementing and decrementing integers. This is tantamount to saying that all of software is just flipping a bunch of tiny switches on and off. Reconciliation of thousands of transactions per second across billions of customers spread around the globe doesn't have as trivial of a solution as dunking on straw men in HN comments. Whether or not the level of complexity involved with this is justified is a value judgment that I'll refrain from making but it's pretty obvious to anybody that's worked in the industry that things aren't as simple as a layperson might think.