I learned most of this the hard way as a SRE. How systems behave at and over their limits is far more important than how they behave under them. A system that i

I learned most of this the hard way as a SRE. How systems behave at and over their limits is far more important than how they behave under them. A system that is 'forgiving' (aka resilient) is worth its weight in gold. Otherwise you get into downward spirals with systems that can't recover unless they are rebooted. Great read!