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0 pointspushtheenvelope7y ago0 comments

Facebook regularly takes down multiple data-centers at a time to stress test this. Its users rarely notice (which I think is the point).

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shagie7y ago

There is a different level of criticality for "my post didn't go through, hit refresh" and "my transaction didn't go through - the restaurant said my card isn't working."

Would you honestly want to go to a bank and say "if we unplug this, we can find out what fails."

computerex7y ago

Facebook handles money too, though. Also I think the parent was making the point that Facebook builds software with resiliency in mind so when a failure does happen, the software deals with it gracefully.

krageon7y ago

They can have (and did have, at least the long time ago when I still used it) weird cache persistency errors and "please just refresh to fix that" type of workflows if you have bad luck. That sort of behaviour is simply not acceptable for a bank.

computerex7y ago

Are you talking about Messenger? That was a front-end issue, and they created React/flux to fix that.

jen729w7y ago

They're <10 years old. Their DCs better be cleaner than my kitchen.

I've worked for banks here in Australia. Everything is 30+ years old. It's a shambles.

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shagie7y ago

There is a different level of criticality for "my post didn't go through, hit refresh" and "my transaction didn't go through - the restaurant said my card isn't working."

Would you honestly want to go to a bank and say "if we unplug this, we can find out what fails."

computerex7y ago

krageon7y ago

computerex7y ago

Are you talking about Messenger? That was a front-end issue, and they created React/flux to fix that.

jen729w7y ago

They're <10 years old. Their DCs better be cleaner than my kitchen.

I've worked for banks here in Australia. Everything is 30+ years old. It's a shambles.

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