The Differences Between C++ and Python

There's a lot of hidden complexity that people who have been working on the server code this longer than I kept pointing out to me. Like, no, you can't just change this data structure. You have to take the following six locks before you can even think about touching that. Then interactions among the servers in a replica set or a shredded cluster are literally exponentially complex. On the other hand, I really enjoyed the fact that you can make things run fast.