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Title is grossly misleading. That Netflix had already built a self-healing system means they were able to handle a memory leak by killing random servers faster
by JonChesterfield 2y ago
Title is grossly misleading.
That Netflix had already built a self-healing system means they were able to handle a memory leak by killing random servers faster than memory was leaking.
This post isn't about how they've managed that, it's just showing off that their existing system is robust enough that you can do hacks like this to it.
- 4star3star 2y agoYour take is much different than mine. The issue was a practical one of sparing people from working too much over one weekend since the bug would have to wait until Monday, and the author willingly described the solution as the worst.