The Bigger They are, the Harder They Fall
When it comes to the modern day world of software, one thing above all has become clear to me over the last 20 years: On a long enough time line, failure is virtually guaranteed. That being the case, how our software approaches, adjusts for and reconciles failure is clearly its most important characteristic. That’s not to say that modern day software is all garbage, but in all the ways that actually matter, that largely appears to be the case....