alt Hacker NewsThis strikes me as a huge amount of custom code and technical debt. Every new software dev probably has to learn this.
Why not a sticky master election per user, and have no special data centers?
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inigyou • today at 3:22 PM
If you've ever actually tried to implement server clustering you quickly find there's no magic cloud, except in specific cases like blockchains. A privately operated cluster system is mostly about directing requests to the correct server out of a finite set of servers.
fullstop • today at 2:02 PM
From what I have read, they only have ~30 employees. They're not exactly onboarding a lot of new people here.
nurumaik • today at 3:12 PM
Learn what? How to count to 5?
It makes sense: European users are assigned to EU data center, and Chinese to the one closer to them. The "custom code" should not be complicated, just a map of country to DC.
You are suggesting to develop a compicated solution (spend money) when current simple one is working ok without any elections.