This is a classic example of too big to fail. Every large scale infrastructure company should be divided or made decentralized.
bengalfan on
„..when it changed a permission in a database system under a mistaken assumption about its behavior, it doubled the size of a file critical to Cloudflare’s bot manager..“
Very typical in tech, permission change leads to chaos. Imo.
rondiggity on
Brb re-visiting that relevant xkcd
yilanoyunuhikayesi on
unnecessary updates should be banned.
slimvim on
Wonder how many of these recent outages are caused by downsizing and the introduction of AI into people’s workflows. I work in tech, but i’m expected to do the job of around 4 people now, it’s crazy.
EscapeFacebook on
In the most literal sense it was one file that got too big.
One file that got too big broke everything.
RiderLibertas on
The Internet was originally designed as a means of communication that couldn’t be completely taken down because of the nature of how it is built. But if we put everything in one place – well that’s a good way to control the people. This may have been a test.
indifferentcabbage on
Just read their Glassdoor review, looks like a miserable place to work for
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That’ll happen
This is a classic example of too big to fail. Every large scale infrastructure company should be divided or made decentralized.
„..when it changed a permission in a database system under a mistaken assumption about its behavior, it doubled the size of a file critical to Cloudflare’s bot manager..“
Very typical in tech, permission change leads to chaos. Imo.
Brb re-visiting that relevant xkcd
unnecessary updates should be banned.
Wonder how many of these recent outages are caused by downsizing and the introduction of AI into people’s workflows. I work in tech, but i’m expected to do the job of around 4 people now, it’s crazy.
In the most literal sense it was one file that got too big.
One file that got too big broke everything.
The Internet was originally designed as a means of communication that couldn’t be completely taken down because of the nature of how it is built. But if we put everything in one place – well that’s a good way to control the people. This may have been a test.
Just read their Glassdoor review, looks like a miserable place to work for
I can’t wait for the [@kevinfaang](https://www.youtube.com/@kevinfaang) video to come out!