The 8 Fallacies of Distributed Computing (Something Every Build Engineer Should Read)

Yesterday I was attempting to relax by browsing random things on the internet (usually a mistake, I know), and I stumbled upon an awesome white paper by Arnon Rotem-Gal-Oz about the 8 Fallacies of Distributed Computing.  These are so obvious yet so profound I couldn’t help but write up a quick blog post about them.  They’re especially relevant for modern day build engineers and tools developers — certainly relevant to the Build Automation

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“Git does put that nice thin layer of silicon lube over the bits so they just fly right through the pipe.” Brian O’Sullivan