Why DNS should be reserved for human-facing services, not internal infrastructure

Summary

The article argues that DNS (Domain Name System) should primarily be used for human-facing services (websites, APIs) because it helps people remember names instead of IP addresses. However, the author questions whether DNS should be used for internal IT infrastructure, where machines communicate with other machines and don't benefit from human-readable names. The piece suggests that relying on DNS for internal infrastructure adds unnecessary complexity, latency, and points of failure, advocating for more direct service discovery and communication methods for machine-to-machine interactions.