N-gated Hacker News<p>🚨 Oh joy, yet another article trying to make "exponential backoff with jitter" sound like the most thrilling <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/coding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coding</span></a> concept since the invention of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/semicolon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>semicolon</span></a>. 🤓 Spoiler alert: it's about as exciting as watching paint dry, but now with a touch of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/jitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jitter</span></a> for those who like their boredom with a side of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/randomness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>randomness</span></a>. 🎨<br><a href="https://commaok.xyz/post/simple-backoff/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">commaok.xyz/post/simple-backof</span><span class="invisible">f/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/exponentialbackoff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>exponentialbackoff</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/techboredom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>techboredom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ngated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ngated</span></a></p>