I joined LinkedIn about six years ago at a particularly interesting time. We were just beginning to run up against the limits of our monolithic, centralized database and needed to start the transition to a portfolio of specialized distributed systems. This has been an interesting experience: we buil
“So began a long slog” 的意思是“从此开始了一段漫长而艰苦的努力”。“Slog” 通常用来形容一段艰难、枯燥且耗时的工作或过程。在这个句子中，它表达了在面对某个挑战（比如数据集成问题）时，必须付出长期且艰苦的努力才能取得进展。