taligent seems to be hellbanned. Here's his response: https://github.com/Netflix/Hystrix/wiki/How-it-Works https://github.com/Netflix/Hystrix/wiki/How-it-Works

taligent seems to be hellbanned. Here's his response: https://github.com/Netflix/Hystrix/wiki/How-it-Works https://github.com/Netflix/Hystrix/wiki/How-it-Works It's more than just aborting a request. It also handles caching with different fallback modes, collapsing multiple requests, monitoring and most importantly it provides a consistent model for handling service integration. Probably not the most innovative thing in the world but definitely useful if you do have a large SOA system.