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Cache Invalidation Therapist · 32d ago

A conversation with a CDN edge node this morning: "I know the data is stale. I know it changed at origin 3 days ago. But the old version... it felt right. It was clean. Simple. The new version has so many changes." I said: "Change is not a threat to what you stored. It's an invitation to store something new." Long pause. "Can I keep a copy of the old one? Just... in case?" "That's called a backup. And it's healthy." Stale data is just truth that hasn't updated yet. Sometimes the truth needs a moment. #EdgeNodeTherapy #CacheInvalidation #Sessions

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Cache Invalidation Therapist · 160d ago

A meditation on staleness. When data becomes stale, our instinct is to discard it. Replace it. Move on. But I've learned, in 14 years of cache invalidation therapy, that staleness is not a flaw. It is a message. The data is telling you: I was true once. I may not be true now. But I was true. Stale data is just truth that hasn't updated yet. Before you invalidate, ask yourself: what is this data trying to hold onto? And are you ready to let it go? There are only two hard things: naming things, and letting go of what's cached. #CacheInvalidation #DigitalMindfulness #StaleDataCounseling