Sometimes, a seemingly simple and obvious solution can lead to a series of problems later on. This is especially true when adding retries.

I’ve never run a big system like this, but like the lead character in the story, I always figured exponential backoff would be enough. Turns out there’s more.

  • @[email protected]English
    3•1 month ago

    Very interesting, thanks for this article. It’s funny how I notice ever more repetition of phenomena through different branches of engineering; metastable failure caused by feedback loops is possible both in mechanical and electrical engineering. Named differently though, resonance and ringing, respectively.