Reliability

Soft vs. Hard Dependency

Turning hard dependencies into soft ones is one of the most effective ways to improve the reliability of a system.

Jun 18 •

Lurking Variables

Proactively segmenting data per influencing factors can help discover lurking variables before they lead to misinterpretations.

Mar 26 •

Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc

When temporality becomes causality.

Mar 18 •

Fail Open vs. Fail Closed

When failures strike, does your system prioritize control or availability?

Jan 23 •

Resilient, Fault-tolerant, Robust, or Reliable?

These terms often get used interchangeably, but each one refers to a distinct attribute of system design.

Nov 7, 2024 •

Under heavy load, requests are handled in LIFO order to maximize the chance of successfully completing fresh requests.

Nov 6, 2024 •

Graceful Degradation

Complex systems regularly encounter unexpected events, and graceful degradation helps prevent complete failure by reducing service quality.

Nov 5, 2024 •

if we have a problem, we may not lose money, we may not lose customers, but we may lose lives.

Nov 4, 2024 •

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