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Ah yes, async.. in theory it's good. It lets you context-switch. Unlike a computer, context switching for humans isn't nanoseconds. And because the other perso
by jbverschoor 2y ago
Ah yes, async.. in theory it's good. It lets you context-switch. Unlike a computer, context switching for humans isn't nanoseconds.
And because the other person is also replying async, you have to wait. So you get the same fan-out problem as microservices.
- surgical_fire 2y agoI used to think so. Except it works great. In a regular scenario I have multiple things ongoing that I have to wait beyond communication. I need to wait for code reviews. I have to wait until some changes are deployed until I can perform something. Truth is that a whole damn lot of what I do is async anyway. Instead of moaning about it, I decided to embrace it. Maybe I am lucky that I work in a remote friendly environment, where people also work asynchronously.