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There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and naming things -- Phil Karlton (bonus variations on the page)

Two Hard Things 14 July 2009 Martin Fowler API design There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and naming things. -- Phil Karlton Long a favorite saying of mine, one for which I couldn't find a satisfactory URL. Like many good phrases, it's had a host of riffs on it. A few of them I feel are worth adding to the page There are 2 hard problems in computer science: cache invalidation, naming things, and off-by-1 errors. -- Leon Bambrick There are only two hard problems in distributed systems: 2. Exactly-once delivery 1. Guaranteed order of messages 2. Exactly-once de

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