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darkuncle / service-checklist.md
Created May 31, 2017 19:18 — forked from acolyer/service-checklist.md
Internet Scale Services Checklist

Internet Scale Services Checklist

A checklist for designing and developing internet scale services, inspired by James Hamilton's 2007 paper "On Desgining and Deploying Internet-Scale Services."

Basic tenets

  • Does the design expect failures to happen regularly and handle them gracefully?
  • Have we kept things as simple as possible?
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darkuncle / The_Rules.md
Last active August 19, 2024 00:36
The Rules - guidelines learned through hard experience in operations

NEW! Fan of the list Diego Peinador has done what I've been too lazy to do for years: stand up an easily-remembered domain for The Rules, complete with one-per-page URL schema - e.g., for Rule 42 just visit https://the-rul.es/42/

Thanks Diego! <3

(subject to additions, but rarely changes)

rule 0: It has to work.

rule 1: As simple as possible.

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darkuncle / the_reading_list.md
Last active January 17, 2024 20:08
The Reading List - thoughtful content in your inbox, mostly emerging tech related

Daily must-read:

TLDR News – I’ve probably fielded more emerging tech headlines from this than any other single source, and it’s also one of the quickest reads of the day.

Emerging Tech Brew – One of the most entertaining things in my inbox (along with the companion general business edition Morning Brew).

Weekly must-read:

Farnam Street – Thinking about thinking. Mental models and insights from wise people current and past. This is the kind of stuff I read, and then chew on while I’m out for a walk.