Failure Is Always An Option • Dylan Beattie • GOTO 2023

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ABSTRACT
Software runs the world. We use software to manage our calendars, talk to our friends, run our businesses - and, as our societies inevitably try to replace people and paperwork with apps and algorithms, we find ourselves facing some vital questions about the reliability of that software. If you take the time to actually read the terms and conditions, you’ll find that just about every system we rely on comes with no warranties and no safeguards - you use it at your own risk, and if it doesn’t work, that’s your problem.
But there’s more to building reliable systems than just writing good code. Reliability isn’t just about software engineering, it’s about systems engineering; about taking a holistic view of services that includes software, hardware, networks, and people. Join Dylan Beattie for an insightful look at the history of systems engineering, at some of the strategies and design patterns that we can use to build reliability into our systems, and at what happens when the software that runs the world has a bad day. [...]
TIMECODES
00:00 Intro
01:26 Apollo mission
15:03 Risk
25:51 Post office
30:14 TFA
33:05 ML
35:30 M-Pesa
43:29 Outro
Read the full abstract here:
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RECOMMENDED BOOKS
Henney, Buschmann & Schmidt • Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture Volume 5 • amzn.to/3GAPzN7
Gamma, Helm, Johnson & Booch • Design Patterns (Gang of Four) • amzn.to/3sPJ8yk
David Farley • Modern Software Engineering • amzn.to/3GI468M
Kevlin Henney • 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know • amzn.to/2Yahf9U
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[@lagcisco]

In for Dylan Beattie, I know this will be a good one.

[@FrancoBugnano]

Failure is not an Option. It's a Result

[@Rx7man]

33:38 This is the reason that I'll watch different versions of Dylan Beattie talks that I've already seen
How hard is it to tell the difference between a Puffin and a Mog?

[@jrdougan]

Failure is not an option, it comes standard with every Microsoft product.

[@brukts3361]

That's a really good line. Got a chuckle for me

[@lagcisco]

Good mention about the Horizon system disaster, every software dev should read about that

[@kalmarnagyandras]

"User ingenuity" best ticket closure comments ever.

[@Rx7man]

as a farmer and mechanic, I've had to "MacGyver" many things. It's not wrong if it works!