Think of other extremely complex systems and how we’ve managed to make them stable:
1) airplanes: they crashed, _a lot_. We used data recorders and stringent process to make air travel safety commonplace.
2) cars: so many accidents accident research. The solution comes after the disaster.
3) large buildings and structures: again, the master work of time, attempts, failures, research and solutions.
If we really want to get serious about this (and I think we do) we need to stop reinventing infrastructure every 10 years and start doubling down on stability. Cloud computing, in earnest, has only been around a short while. I’m not even convinced it’s the right path forward, just happens to align best with business interests, but it seems to be the devil we’re stuck with so now we need to really dig in and make it solid. I think we’re actually in that process right now.
1) airplanes: they crashed, _a lot_. We used data recorders and stringent process to make air travel safety commonplace.
2) cars: so many accidents accident research. The solution comes after the disaster.
3) large buildings and structures: again, the master work of time, attempts, failures, research and solutions.
If we really want to get serious about this (and I think we do) we need to stop reinventing infrastructure every 10 years and start doubling down on stability. Cloud computing, in earnest, has only been around a short while. I’m not even convinced it’s the right path forward, just happens to align best with business interests, but it seems to be the devil we’re stuck with so now we need to really dig in and make it solid. I think we’re actually in that process right now.