Listen "Simple or Complex?"
Episode Synopsis
A few weeks ago, Daniel posted a piece about using different underlay and overlay protocols in a data center fabric. He says:
There is nothing wrong with running BGP in the overlay but I oppose to the argument of it being simpler.
One of the major problems we often face in network engineering—and engineering more broadly—is confusing that which is simple with that which has lower complexity. Simpler things are not always less complex. Let me give you a few examples, all of which are going to be controversial.
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