Confessions of an S3 Index Subsystem: A Tragedy in US-EAST-1
On Feb 28, 2017, one wrong input turned a routine operation into internet theater.
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Immutable Infrastructure, Without the Religion
Immutable systems reduce deployment drift and blast radius, but they work best when paired with pragmatic escape hatches.
AI Trends Roundup: Builder Signals Worth Acting On (Feb 25, 2026)
Four practical AI signals from this week, with concrete moves for teams building production systems.
Immutable Is Cheaper Than Heroics
The Knight Capital outage is still the clearest argument for immutable infrastructure.
Time: The Invisible Dependency That's Been Quietly Wrecking Your Stack
NTP is 40 years old, unsexy, and quietly holding your entire distributed system together. Here's what happens when it slips.
Confessions of a Darkened Portal: A Monologue by the Microsoft 365 Admin Center (Incident MO1012599)
On a February morning, thousands of IT admins were locked out of their most sacred console. The Admin Center speaks.
The Night The Algorithm Forgot Itself: A YouTube Tragedy in Three Acts
On February 17th, 2026, YouTube's recommendation engine suffered a crisis of identity — and took 1.6 million users down with it.
One Trillion Databases, Zero Pagerduty Alerts
SQLite runs on more devices than any other database engine in history. You've never been paged about it.
The Day the Baby Monitors Screamed: Dyn, Mirai, and the DNS Opera
On October 21, 2016, the internet learned its lullabies came from cameras, and they sang in anguish.