Re:Retries – An interactive study of request retry methods
by rewmie on Thursday November 23, 2023 @10:00AM
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> A must-read (or rather: must-see) for anyone who thinks exponential backoff is overrated.
I don't think exponential backoffs were ever accused of being overrated. Retries in general have been criticized for being counterproductive in multiple aspects, including the risk of creating self-inflicted DDOS attacks, and exponential backoffs can result in untenable performance and usability problems without adding any upside. These are known problems, but none of them is hardly classified as "overrating".
I don't think exponential backoffs were ever accused of being overrated. Retries in general have been criticized for being counterproductive in multiple aspects, including the risk of creating self-inflicted DDOS attacks, and exponential backoffs can result in untenable performance and usability problems without adding any upside. These are known problems, but none of them is hardly classified as "overrating".