So here's a question, particularly for POCs. Is "master" a problematic word when not juxtaposed with "slave"? My guess is not, because the word has a much broader meaning in English, but I'd like to hear your thoughts.
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As opposed to a scenario where Y must do as X commands and has no choice in the matter, which is something that would normally be termed a "slave".
The thing is "power dynamics" are rarely much of a thing in technology, given that usually there is no free will involved. Things usually do what they're programmed to do, so there is no "choice" distinction, right?
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They do what they're programmed to do, yes. But in a distributed system some entities have a control relationship over others. Some parts execute any command they're given while others think about it, reject some according to policy, etc.
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What i'm really getting at is, don't blindly replace one word with another unless you understand all of the subtle implications that has to the engineers reading the documentation. There likely isn't a 1:1 replacement for any problematic term.
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