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Leap seconds break everything

Leap seconds break everything

Released Monday, 1st August 2022
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Leap seconds break everything

Leap seconds break everything

Leap seconds break everything

Leap seconds break everything

Monday, 1st August 2022
 1 person rated this episode
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Josh and Kurt talk about leap seconds. Every time there's a leap second, things break. Facebook wants to get rid of them because they break computers, but Google found a clever way to keep leap seconds without breaking anything. Corner cases are hard, security is often just one huge corner case. There are lessons we can learn here.

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