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		flukus on Jan 19, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Are we overcomplicating software developme... > you can't reach into all the codebases that are using your library You can deploy a new version of the dll and applications can pick it up when they restart. Linux will apply security patches this way.

AstralStorm on Jan 19, 2017 [–]

Better, you can do it without a restart is you can serialise current state. That also enforces discipline in defining such state.

Microservices are only a step ahead.

That said, in many cases the cost of a full restart can be accepted.

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