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@thudfactor Excellent! Glad to hear & that approach is all to…#
@thudfactor Excellent! Glad to hear & that approach is all too common. Here’s another to further bolster your case. Wishing you success battling the tyranny of contextless numbers.
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“In 2014, Yuan et al. found that 92% of catastrophic failures in tested distributed systems wer…#
“In 2014, Yuan et al. found that 92% of catastrophic failures in tested distributed systems were triggered by incorrect handling of nonfatal errors. Many distributed-systems practitioners who were told about this research were surprised the percentage was not higher.”
https://cacm.acm.org/practice/systems-correctness-practices-at-amazon-web-services/
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“But all MTTR really does is flatten complexity and obscures what truly matters: context, varia…#
“But all MTTR really does is flatten complexity and obscures what truly matters: context, variance, and the profoundly human work of adaptation.”
https://medium.com/@Hatchman76/mttr-bullshit-masquerading-as-operational-efficiency-bc06fda12207
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“And having been on both sides, I can tell you that the transition from engineer to manager is …#
“And having been on both sides, I can tell you that the transition from engineer to manager is harder than most people realize. You’re essentially learning a completely new job while everyone expects you to be perfect at it immediately.”
https://terriblesoftware.org/2025/06/24/why-engineers-hate-their-managers-and-what-to-do-about-it/