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> the biggest problem we face is maintaining an understanding of what is happening in our system This really resonated with me. Distributed systems are _hard_
by dgritsko 6y ago
> the biggest problem we face is maintaining an understanding of what is happening in our system
This really resonated with me. Distributed systems are _hard_ and tests (while valuable) are no substitute for being able to reason about what your application is doing and what might be affecting it.
- schraitle 6y agoI was stuck by this part too. It made me think of advice I read recently that went something like this: "The best way to see the results of a change to a complex system is to make it and see what happens"