> Circuit breaking, exponential backoff, bulkheading should be key pillars and no dev should be allowed to write a client without these key skills.

This is all the more critical for client applications that depend on app stores to review and approve updates and end users who may not immediately update to a newer version because they don’t have auto update turned on.

Edit: I can’t seem to find it, but there was a comment recently about servers using flags to tell clients to shut up for a specific duration and avoid exacerbating problems with retries. I think it was about some specific design of Dropbox.