Comment by reactordev
12 days 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.
12 days 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.
Wow, TIL there was an atomic attack on the capitol in October!
DC=Data Center
DC!=Washington, DC
I 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!
Which system is immune to all downtime except the DC getting nuked?
Properly 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.
No, those go down all the time. AWS had three nines last year. Bitcoin had the value overflow incident.
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