Preparing to fail
- 1. PREPARING TO FAIL Photo: Blair Harkness
- 3. INFRASTRUCTURE WINSTON CHURCHILL “Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”
- 4. REDUNDANCY
- 8. DUPLICATE DATA CENTERS Dallas Oregon Chicago Ashburn, VA TED HQ Dublin
- 9. MONITORING
- 11. CODE HENRY FORD “The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.”
- 12. VERSION CONTROL
- 13. GRACEFUL FAILURE The love and lies of fireflies Sara Lewis: Biologist Sara Lewis has spent the past 20 years getting to the bottom of the magic and wonder of fireflies. In this charming talk, she tells us how and why the beetles produce their silent sparks, what happens when two fireflies have sex, and why one group of females is known as the firefly vampire. (It's not pretty.) Find out more astonishing facts about fireflies in Lewis' footnotes, below. Evolutionary ecologist Sara Lewis digs deep into firefly mating rituals to uncover a world of secret languages and strange gifts in these silent sparks. Sara Lewis Learn more Discuss The love and lies of fireflies Sara Lewis: Biologist Sara Lewis has spent the past 20 years getting to the bottom of the magic and wonder of fireflies. In this charming talk, she tells us how and why the beetles produce their silent sparks, what happens when two fireflies have sex, and why one group of females is known as the firefly vampire. (It's not pretty.) Find out more astonishing facts about fireflies in Lewis' footnotes, below. Evolutionary ecologist Sara Lewis digs deep into firefly mating rituals to uncover a world of secret languages and strange gifts in these silent sparks. Sara Lewis Discuss
- 16. DEBTONATOR MoreLess Engineer’s knowledge of project’s code
- 17. DEBTONATOR CONFERENCES EMS PAGE BUILDER Cherbert Alex Trost Trost Cherbert Ryan Trost
- 19. PEOPLE JOHN WOODEN “Failure isn’t fatal, but failure to change might be.”
- 22. POST-MORTEMS After an outage, we discuss its cause, severity, and how it can be avoided in the future.
- 23. PREPARING TO FAIL Photo: Blair Harkness