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Re:Ask HN: Are we overcomplicating software development? by flukus on Wednesday January 18, 2017 @07:12PM (#13431762)
> you can't reach into all the codebases that are using your library

You can deploy a new version of the dll and applications can pick it up when they restart. Linux will apply security patches this way.

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Re:Ask HN: Are we overcomplicating software development? by AstralStorm on Thursday January 19, 2017 @03:06AM (#13433990)
Better, you can do it without a restart is you can serialise current state. That also enforces discipline in defining such state.

Microservices are only a step ahead.

That said, in many cases the cost of a full restart can be accepted.

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