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You Aren’t Gonna Need The Chaos Monkey
Years ago, Netflix, in a brilliant move of engineering resilience, created a tool that would deliberately and randomly shut down their own production servers, create havok in their network, and otherwise try to destabilize their infrastructure. The idea was simple, yet profound: if you know chaos is coming, you’re forced to build systems that can…
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Do You Need To Streamline Your Software?
Your wife has a dream… She wants to move to the country, away from the hustle and bustle of the city. After all, your kids need trees to climb, grass to roll around in, and dirt to throw in each other’s eyes. You study Zillow like a textbook before a final exam. Finally, you find…