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		baz00 on Oct 11, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Toxiproxy – simulate network and system conditions... We used this. Then we realised none of our guys have any idea how to build systems that are resilient to the failures we simulated. So they swept it under the rug and just cross fingers nothing happens.

mysterydip on Oct 11, 2023 [–]

Sounds like a project I tested once. All UDP, which is fine, but they assumed that all packets would arrive, in order.

pvorb on Oct 11, 2023 | [–]

So they switched to TCP before they went live and everything worked fine?

mysterydip on Oct 11, 2023 | | [–]

No, they kept UDP and crossed their fingers like parent :/

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