Agreement Quote by Werner Vogels
“If you’re concerned about scalability, any algorithm that forces you to run agreement will eventually become your bottleneck. Take that as a given.”
About This Quote
Source Speech: AWS re:Invent Keynote, 2015
Scalability suffers when algorithms require costly agreement steps, creating bottlenecks.
In simple terms: Agreement steps can slow systems.
Avoid costly agreement steps.
Themes
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When to use this quote
- large scale web services
- cloud infrastructure
- microservices
- high‑traffic APIs
Key Concepts
Questions to Reflect On
- Can you redesign to reduce agreement?
- What trade‑offs exist between consistency and speed?
If agreement is essential for correctness, you may need to redesign rather than eliminate it.