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> You can't just expect a relational database to magically become a distributed system just by using UUIDs.

Nobody thinks this, do they?




You’d be surprised. Unpleasantly, unfortunately.

Not sure if the term gets used much now a days, but ‘cargo cult’ programming is definitely a thing still. Never stopped.


Somebody thought RabbitMQ did load balancing because it had three redundant nodes. Pretty much ruined the company. Definitely caused all of us to lose our equity.


I’d love to hear that story.




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