Designing for recovery
A backup is only a promise until the restore path has been exercised.
Northline Notes ยท Field Journal
Systems should stay understandable.
Short, practical notes on software, infrastructure, and the quiet work of keeping useful things reliable.
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Small operational surfaces
Fewer moving parts make incidents easier to explain, reproduce, and repair.
Useful observability
Good diagnostics answer a concrete question instead of merely producing more output.