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I highly recommend that anyone who was surprised by this outage, or the description of the chain reaction of failures that lead to it, read Systemantics. It is
by wanderr 15y ago
I highly recommend that anyone who was surprised by this outage, or the description of the chain reaction of failures that lead to it, read Systemantics. It is a dry but amusing exploration of the seemingly universal fact that every complex system is always operating in a state of failure, but the complexity, failovers and multiple layers can hide this, until the last link in the chain finally breaks, usually with catastrophic results.
- gruseom 15y agoread Systemantics Oh yes. It's a classic that deserves to be much better known. Anybody engaged with complex systems - such as software or software projects - will find all kinds of suggestive things in there. As for "dry"... come now, it's hilarious and has cartoons. Basically, just get it. Here, I'll help: http://www.amazon.com/Systems-Bible-Beginners-Guide-Large/dp/0961825170 http://www.amazon.com/Systems-Bible-Beginners-Guide-Large/dp... (They ruined the title but it's the same book.)