🚨 Oh joy, yet another article trying to make "exponential backoff with jitter" sound like the most thrilling #coding concept since the invention of the #semicolon. 🤓 Spoiler alert: it's about as exciting as watching paint dry, but now with a touch of #jitter for those who like their boredom with a side of #randomness. 🎨
https://commaok.xyz/post/simple-backoff/ #exponentialbackoff #humor #techboredom #HackerNews #ngated

With our 12yo we must apply #exponentialbackoff on every unsatisfied request. With the 8yo and 10yo basic repeat is fine.. :)))

This is *so important* for recovering from temporary hiccups at #scale:

“Exponential Backoff And Jitter” [2015], AWS Architecture Blog (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/architecture/exponential-backoff-and-jitter/).

Via HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27500128

#Reliability #Scalability #Recovery #Backoff #ExponentialBackoff #Retries #Jitter