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I am old enough that I used CORBA. That basically checked all your boxes... multi-language, platform agnostic, discoverable, standardized serialization formats
by reality_czech 12y ago
I am old enough that I used CORBA. That basically checked all your boxes... multi-language, platform agnostic, discoverable, standardized serialization formats, you name it.
It was also an overly complex piece of shit.
People learn nothing from the past.
- tekacs 12y agoI beg to disagree. I just gave a talk[1] about exactly how we[2] went back and took time to learn lessons from designs like CORBA (we're building another microservices framework). Not least I talk about how it's important to build something that modularises complexity and above all else, focuses first on being _usable by humans_ rather than on technical ascension. _Some_ of us _are_ listening. [1]: https://vimeo.com/118895501 https://vimeo.com/118895501 [2]: http://wym.io/ http://wym.io/