🍷 𝗢𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿 == 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿?! 𝗢𝗿 𝗱𝗼 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗿?

🍷 𝗢𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿 == 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿?! 𝗢𝗿 𝗱𝗼 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗿?

🌅 The sun is setting in Germany, and I’m commuting home. Perfect time to dive into Werner Vogels’ latest post “𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗴𝗲” [1] on AllThingsDistributed.

😊 Pretty sure people around me noticed my smiling and nodding while reading. It resonates deeply. Highly recommend this read - refreshing and reassuring!

🤔 But here’s the controversial part: In reality, we don’t encounter infinities regularly. Everything tends to be finite. It’s like aging red wine…

🍾 Generally speaking, wine gets better with age. But not infinitely. If you’ve ever opened a very old bottle of wine, you know that feeling:

  𝘈𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵, 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦   𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘳

The quality of the original bottle determines how long you can avoid that vinegar fate. With Werner (sorry for comparing you to a bottle! 😅), we’ve certainly got a premium vintage.

💭 𝗦𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝗺𝘆 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱: 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘂𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀? 𝗜𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲, 𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝘂𝘀?

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸? 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 “𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗿”? 🤷‍♂️

Drop your thoughts below - genuinely curious about your perspective! 👇

[1] All things distributed - “Development gets better with Age”: https://www.allthingsdistributed.com/2025/10/better-with-age.html