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0 pointswithinboredom13d ago0 comments

Here’s a much better write up than I’m willing to do: https://www.cockroachlabs.com/blog/rubbing-control-theory/

There are also multiple issues about this on GitHub.

And an open issue that is basically been ignored. golang/go#51071

Like I said. Go won’t fix this because they’ve optimized for throughput at the expense of everything else, which means higher tail latencies. They’d have to give up throughput for lower latency.

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9rx13d ago

> And an open issue that is basically been ignored. golang/go#51071

It doesn't look ignored to me. It explains that the test coverage is currently poor, so they are in a terrible position of not being able to make changes until that is rectified.

The first step is to improve the test coverage. Are you volunteering? AI isn't at a point where it is going to magically do it on its own, so it is going to take a willing human hand. You do certainly appear to be the perfect candidate, both having the technical understanding and the need for it.

withinboredomOP13d ago

Heh. I've had my fair share of mailing list drama. This is political AND technical. Someone saying "let’s cut throughput" is going to get shot down fast, no matter the technical merit. If someone with the political clout were to be willing to champion the work and guide the discussion appropriately while someone like me does the work, that's different. That's at least how things like this are done in other communities, unless go is different.

9rx13d ago

> If someone with the political clout were to be willing to champion the work and guide the discussion appropriately while someone like me does the work, that's different.

There is unlikely anyone on the Go team with more political clout in this particular area than the one who has already reached out to you. You obviously didn't respond to him publicly, but did he reject your offer in private? Or are you just imaging some kind of hypothetical scenario where they are refusing to talk to you, despite evidence to the contrary?

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0 pointswithinboredom13d ago0 comments

Here’s a much better write up than I’m willing to do: https://www.cockroachlabs.com/blog/rubbing-control-theory/

There are also multiple issues about this on GitHub.

And an open issue that is basically been ignored. golang/go#51071

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9rx13d ago

> And an open issue that is basically been ignored. golang/go#51071

It doesn't look ignored to me. It explains that the test coverage is currently poor, so they are in a terrible position of not being able to make changes until that is rectified.

withinboredomOP13d ago

9rx13d ago

> If someone with the political clout were to be willing to champion the work and guide the discussion appropriately while someone like me does the work, that's different.

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