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Props to anyone that can build a system mature enough to withstand a chaos monkey element running loose in prod. Brilliant.
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We've moved on since then, the system is now built by a chaos monkey running loose in prod.
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No, that was a couple of years ago.

Now we have hordes of chaos monkeys running loose in prod managed by supervisor chaos monkeys who write the code running in prod.

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This is a good argument for encouraging employee vacations as well. Makes a more resilient company when nodes occasionally turn off.
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It's 2036, every few months we boot up the Microsoft and quickly take as many pictures as we can of sheets, docs, slide shows, work schedules, support questions, we run payroll etc The AI is the only one left who can still log in using a combination of free trials and an intern admin account from someone in India we've long since lost track of. Rumor has it he now lives alone in the old temple at the top of the mountain.
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