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>The other system you're using that isn't Postgres can also go down. Only if DC gets nuked. Many developers overcomplicate systems and throw a database at the
by reactordev 9mo ago
>The other system you're using that isn't Postgres can also go down.
Only if DC gets nuked.
Many developers overcomplicate systems and throw a database at the problem.
- mwigdahl 9mo agoWow, TIL there was an atomic attack on the capitol in October!
- reactordev 9mo agoDC=Data Center DC!=Washington, DC
- mwigdahl 9mo agoI wondered, but the lack of "the" before "DC" tipped me toward interpreting it as the place name, especially as AWS us-east-1 is in Northern Virginia. Thanks for clarifying!
- direwolf20 9mo agoWhich system is immune to all downtime except the DC getting nuked?
- reactordev 9mo agoProperly designed distributed systems. Challenge: Design a fault tolerant event-driven architecture. Only rule, you aren’t allowed to use a database. At all. This is actually an interview question for a top employer. Answer this right and you get a salary that will change your life.
- direwolf20 9mo agoNo, those go down all the time. AWS had three nines last year. Bitcoin had the value overflow incident.
- reactordev 9mo agoCredit cards still worked… Email still worked… Again, there are fault tolerant distributed systems out there that don’t rely on a single point of failure. That’s not to say failure doesn’t happen.