Don't gamble when it comes to reliability, Tom Croucher (Uber)

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Channel: O'Reilly · 2016 · Science & Technology

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At a certain point of complexity, systems are nearly impossible to understand. So how do you stay reliable when you can’t keep the whole system in your head? Tom Croucher discusses the approaches that Uber takes to ensuring its systems stay reliable by exploring real outages and the lessons they teach us.

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