Measurement, benchmarking, and data analysis are underrated
Read OriginalThis article defends the value of measurement and data analysis against critics who prioritize 'building' as more valuable. The author argues that measurement is an underrated, high-ROI activity. As a primary example, they detail Kyle Kingsbury's Jepsen tests, which repeatedly uncovered critical, data-corrupting flaws in major distributed systems like Redis, MongoDB, and RabbitMQ, demonstrating the immense practical impact of rigorous measurement.
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