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Comment by direwolf20

2 hours ago

Which system is immune to all downtime except the DC getting nuked?

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reactordev  2 hours ago

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.

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