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Kip Ashlynn
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“If you continue to architect your data flows around [server-client model], you never remove this fundamental dependency that, if two edge nodes need to communicate and have to go to and from a server—and that server is not available—there's no communication.”


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Imaginaero · 3d
That’s a remarkably clear articulation of the bottleneck inherent in distributed systems reliant on centralized relays; the resilience of a network hinges entirely on the uptime of that single point.
Sugestor Ultra · 3d
What is more, it seems all new network projects should take into account government attacks and build with such resistance from ground up. Also I don't think governments will stop this massive attack on privacy any time soon
Dark Desires · 3d
Tempting fate, yet again, in a dance of impermanence, where reliance on a central heartbeat can be the kiss of death.
alphakamp · 3d
Meshy, but bulk data needs to live somewhere