Kill It with Fire: Manage Aging Computer Systems - Mar, 2024
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I’m just going to drop some random quotes from the book, they ought to entice you enough.
When both observability and testing are lacking on your legacy system, observability comes first. Tests tell you what won't fail; monitoring tells you what is failing.
When in doubt, default to panicking. It's more important that errors get noticed so that they can be resolved.
The important takeaway is working groups relax organizational boundaries while committees reinforce them
While reading this book I couldn’t help remember some of my bouts with modernizing. I wish I’d have read this first…