In distributed systems, the key challenge is achieving consensus among unreliable components.
在分布式系统中，关键挑战是在不可靠的组件之间达成共识。
"Every role I take is a piece of my soul I leave behind."
If you're not failing, you're not trying hard enough.
The stream of thought is a stream of survival.
Each new situation requires a new architecture.
在实验结束后咨询统计学家，往往只是让他进行尸检。他或许能说出实验失败的原因。
The key is to set realistic customer expectations, and then not to just meet them, but to exceed them — preferably in unexpected and helpful ways.