Exponential Backoff in Golang

[aklepatc]

https://go.dev/play/p/sFjrKyGmd0y

TODO: add some meaningful test logic.

Comments

[sassa_nf]

nit: callback might want the ctx, too

[aklepatc]

Sure. The idea is you cannot have it at the very "bottom" though.

You always end up calling some legacy API which is not interruptible.

[aklepatc]

The callback is intended to represent something heavy weight, clumsy, unreliable and un-interuptable.

[sassa_nf]

Shipit!

[aklepatc]

Oh, I already failed at that (figuratively speaking). This coding exercise is the end result of an interview that resulted in rejection. Lol.

I do hope to reuse the approach in the future though.