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> Flow control is unnecessary > compensate (ideally by autoscaling) Isn't that flow control of a different form? It's a new form enabled by the cloud moreso t
by akira2501 2y ago
> Flow control is unnecessary
> compensate (ideally by autoscaling)
Isn't that flow control of a different form? It's a new form enabled by the cloud moreso than any previous technology, but it really does seem like a version of "egress based flow control" to me; except, we're widening the output rather than narrowing it.
Queue failures are just a destructive form of back pressure.
- yxhuvud 2y ago> Queue failures are just a destructive form of back pressure. Depends on how it fails. Could just as well fail by throwing away entries.
- stickfigure 2y ago> Isn't that flow control of a different form? Eh, maybe if you generalize the term flow control beyond useful meaning. The author has specific ideas (Backpressure, TTL, and Tail Drop) all of which might be narrowly tailored to his/her specific scenario but aren't things people generally need, as per the title of TFA.