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The problem is, for every automated reporting system, you need another system to check that that system is working. And so on, all the way down.
by SteveSmith16384 7y ago
The problem is, for every automated reporting system, you need another system to check that that system is working. And so on, all the way down.
- setr 7y agoQuis custodiet ipsos custodes? Who’ll watch the watchmen?
- bryanlarsen 7y agoDon't let the perfect be the enemy of the good. 99.9XXXX reliability is good enough. Eventually have a enough nines and your risks are things like "nuclear war", "dinasour-killer sized asteroid hitting the earth", et cetera.
- mr__y 7y agoAgreed, there is absolutely no point going further after reaching a certain reliability level. However, one thing is eliminating risks, the other is limiting the consequences of said risks. I strongly prefer 99.9% reliability where that 0.1% means some insignificant problem over 99.99% reliability where the remaining 0.01% means total disaster. My point is that doing "too much" automation gives diminishing returns (which is not bad in itself), but might also disproportionately increase the consequences of that 0.xxxx1%