Sort of related. Jepsen and Antithesis recently released a glossary of common terms which is a fantastic reference.
> 3.4 Lazy fsync by Default
Why? Why do some databases do that? To have better performance in benchmarks? It’s not like that it’s ok to do that if you have a better default or at least write a lot about it. But especially when you run stuff in a small cluster you get bitten by stuff like that.
> To have better performance in benchmarks
Yes, exactly.
NATS is a fantastic piece of software. But doc’s unpractical and half backed. That’s a shame to be required to retro engineer the software from GitHub to know the auth schemes.
Definitely thought this was about aviation for a moment.
Likewise. It took me a moment to realise Jepsen!== Jeppesen
I thought it was about porn. Did someone already wrote a book about N.A.T.S., Manwin and the early days of the Internet.
Fabian? Anyone?