Etcd, or, why modern software makes me sad

Re:Etcd, or, why modern software makes me sad by ninkendo on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @03:52PM (#23836905)

> IMO, one of the benefits of HTTP 2 and 3 is they force people to use libraries

What a strange comment. "The benefit of this protocol is that it's so complex that nobody understands it, so they have to use an existing implementation."

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Re:Etcd, or, why modern software makes me sad by tjalfi on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @05:15PM (#23838012)

Bram Cohen made a similar observation[0] years ago.

Bram's Law - The easier a piece of software is to write, the worse it's implemented in practice.

I'm not sure whether I agree with him but it's not obviously wrong.

[0] https://web.archive.org/web/20170629144859/http://www.advoga...

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Re:Etcd, or, why modern software makes me sad by vlowther on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @07:56PM (#23839600)

What a weird slippery slope argument. There is a world of difference between "so complex that nobody understands it" and "I can telnet to port 80 and fetch a webpage using keyboard and fingers"

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