Ask HN: Open Problems in server infrastructure?

2 points by interrupt_ 5 years ago | 1 comment

Bonus points if they can be worked on by a single person.

wmf 5 years ago |

There are a ton. There's been a lot of work on cloud-native applications, but little on applying those same principles to infrastructure. Everything about networking is unnecessarily crufty. We've probably only scratched the surface of what can be done with smart NICs.

wmf 5 years ago |

There are a ton. There's been a lot of work on cloud-native applications, but little on applying those same principles to infrastructure. Everything about networking is unnecessarily crufty. We've probably only scratched the surface of what can be done with smart NICs.