40 Years of Pretending

40 Years of Pretending

Explore the challenges and pitfalls of Remote Procedure Call (RPC) in distributed systems through this insightful conference talk from GOTO Chicago 2014. Delve into the history of RPC, from its introduction in 1974 to its recent resurgence in web development. Examine the concrete issues that arise from using RPC and similar approaches, particularly in tightly coupled server and browser code. Discover actionable alternatives to RPC for building more robust distributed systems. Learn from Reid Draper, a professional Erlang developer working on Riak, as he shares his expertise on this critical topic in software engineering.