Failure Is Always An Option • Dylan Beattie • GOTO 2023

This presentation was recorded at GOTO Amsterdam 2023. #GOTOcon #GOTOams Dylan Beattie - Consultant, Software Developer & Creator of the Rockstar Programming Language @@DylanBeattie RESOURCES ABSTRACT Software runs the world. We use software to manage our calendars, talk to our friends, run our businesses - and, as our societies inevitably try to replace people and paperwork with apps and algorithms, we find ourselves facing some vital questions about the reliability of that software. If you take the time to actually read the terms and conditions, you’ll find that just about every system we rely on comes with no warranties and no safeguards - you use it at your own risk, and if it doesn’t work, that’s your problem. But there’s more to building reliable systems than just writing good code. Reliability isn’t just about software engineering, it’s about systems engineering; about taking a holistic view of services that includes software, hardware, networks, and people. Join Dylan Beattie for an insightful look at the history of systems engineering, at some of the strategies and design patterns that we can use to build reliability into our systems, and at what happens when the software that runs the world has a bad day. [...] TIMECODES 00:00 Intro 01:26 Apollo mission 15:03 Risk 25:51 Post office 30:14 TFA 33:05 ML 35:30 M-Pesa 43:29 Outro Read the full abstract here: RECOMMENDED BOOKS Henney, Buschmann & Schmidt • Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture Volume 5 • Gamma, Helm, Johnson & Booch • Design Patterns (Gang of Four) • David Farley • Modern Software Engineering • Kevlin Henney • 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know • #Failure #Programming #SoftwareEngineering #ComputerScience #MPesa #Apollo #SystemsThinking #MargretHamilton #RichardFeynman #NASA #DeepDreaming #DylanBeattie Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket at Sign up for updates and specials at SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL - new videos posted almost daily.