easylion

I totally agree. I use java for every possible coding script or task. I have been using it in my company for last 5+ years and have understood the language too well to be able to switch to something else and learn its caveats. In my comfort zone with java and I love that its being actively developed and improved every day.

But won't it add an additional hop hence additional latency to every single request ?

did you try running a simple bash curl loop instead of manually printing. The data and statistics will be become exactly clear. Because i want to understand how to ensure my clients get the nearest edge data center

Really good article about retries, its consequences and how load amplification works. Loved it

Java for the win. Have used java for any kind of programming or running shell commands or literally anything since last 5 years professionally and personally.

Language is just a tool, anything and everything works if you love it enough

need a easy way to do restore to previous version offline. take 100 bucks extra if required to have a backup ssd. Don’t want to be camping and then realizing i’m stuck because of some junior dev not being competent enough

Good to know. But how often are they going to do it ? Is it going to be an annual event from now on ?