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It's time to replace TCP in the datacenter (2023)

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188 points ilove_banh_mi | 3 comments | 18 Nov 24 01:42 UTC | HN request time: 0.21s | source
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7e ◴[18 Nov 24 04:37 UTC] No.42169749[source]▶
TCP was replaced in the data centers of certain FAANG companies years before this paper.
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wmf ◴[18 Nov 24 04:43 UTC] No.42169769[source]▶
If they keep it secret they don't get credit for it.
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andrewflnr ◴[18 Nov 24 06:03 UTC] No.42170116[source]▶
How do you figure? The right decision is the right decision, even if you don't tell people. (granting, for the sake of argument, that it is the right decision)
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1. wmf ◴[18 Nov 24 06:32 UTC] No.42170254[source]▶
Yeah, you get the benefit of secret tech (in this case faster networking) but people shouldn't give social credit for it because that creates incentives to lie. And, sadly, tech adoption runs entirely on social proof.
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2. ◴[18 Nov 24 15:17 UTC] No.42173094[source]▶
3. andrewflnr ◴[18 Nov 24 15:36 UTC] No.42173332[source]▶
We're not really trying to allocate social credit here, not as our main goal anyway. We're evaluating raw effectiveness of the tech. So if they made an effective decision, we give them credit for, uh, making an effective decision. You don't have to love them for it.