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FoundationDB is a truly one-of-a-kind bit of technology. Others have already linked to the testing methodology that allows them to run orders of magnitude more
by georgelyon 3y ago
FoundationDB is a truly one-of-a-kind bit of technology. Others have already linked to the testing methodology that allows them to run orders of magnitude more database hours in test than have run in production: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fFDFbi3toc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fFDFbi3toc
A less known but also great talk is the follow which talked about what the a few of the team worked on next, effectively trying to generalize the methodology to any computer program: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFSPwJFXVlw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFSPwJFXVlw
I liken the approach to being able to fuzz the execution space of the program, not just the inputs.