This kind of rebuild-the-complex-system-from-scratch thing is always really tempting, and generally a complete disaster.

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[–] 4 points 2 years ago

Been there, seen that. Ages ago, I got a customers database project on my desk. Trying to add an entry threw the server into a frenzy, from which he did not return. It was the 65537th entry...

Many network applications break at 64512 (or a bunch less) concurrent users. Guess why.

I've seen my fair shit pieces of programming in over 40 years at the keyboard...

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