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Hello! I wrote this post and I have a couple of things to say about this "DNS is not actually hard" take. It took me many years to feel totally comfortable debugging DNS problems, and I wrote this post to explain why I think it was hard for me. I also used to think that "no, actually, it's easy!" was an encouraging response to "this is hard to learn". And I kind of get it! I love DNS! I think it is surprisingly simpl…
Howdy Julia, I debated whether I should respond to you at all, however I feel that I must. You and I don't know each other, and based on the last sentence of your reply I suspect we agree with one another more than we disagree. Nonetheless, your reply seems to imply that my comment and my earlier disagreement were done out of malice or arrogance. A different commenter used the term "gatekeeping". Fundamentally most o…
Re: Why is DNS still hard to learn?
#261This is one of the kindest comments I've read on any social media site. Thanks for taking the time.