Why do distributed algorithms, systems, and processes seem inherently cool? (not rhetorical)
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Replying to @generativist
My theory: they are associated with successful, large tech companies (e.g., Google, Amazon). These companies are seen as cool, and so the engineering work they do (distributed systems) is also seen as cool.
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Replying to @lhochstein @generativist
By contrast, I don’t remember distributed systems being seen as “cool” in the 90s.
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*remembers where you work* Seems like the people who spend their days working on distributed systems seem to think they're a lot less novelty-cool than the people who don't.
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Replying to @generativist
I still think distributed systems are cool! Just not novelty-cool, more like evergreen-cool.
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Replying to @generativist
“Time, clocks, and the ordering of events in a distributed system” by Lamport is still widely read among distributed systems folks, and it was written in 1978(!!!).
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