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Chaos Engineering: How to Save a Trillion-Dollar Ecosystem

Recently, missing data disrupted a trillion-dollar ecosystem. Could chaos engineering have helped?

Complex systems will fail eventually. While Netflix uses chaos engineering to strengthen its systems, many banks do not. The benefits include faster incident responses and greater reliability, but there are risks, such as customer impact and management buy-in.

Is chaos engineering the future, or just for well-resourced companies? What’s your view? Are you running experiments, or is your team too cautious?

Everyone and anyone are welcome to join as long as you are kind, supportive, and respectful of others. Zoom link will be posted at 12pm MDT.

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Do you change your software development routines in the summer?

Summer is almost here, at least in the Edmonton area. Long sunny days and cool evenings that are perfect for outdoor activities. Which leads to the topic of the June 17th, 2025 Weekly Dev Chat: Do you change your software development routines in the summer?

Does your productivity increase or decrease during the summer? Do you let your computer collect dust in the basement, or do you bring it outside with you? How about on vacation?

Everyone and anyone are welcome to join as long as you are kind, supportive, and respectful of others. Zoom link will be posted at 12pm MDT.

P.S. - ChatGPT created the attached image. It got the test correct, which is a big improvement from the previous versions.

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Open Source: Democratizing Powerful Tech

96% of software today uses open source code. Tech giants build billion-dollar empires on volunteer-maintained foundations. OpenSSL is encryption software that secures an estimated 66% of web traffic. So the internet runs on code secured by just 18 underpaid engineers.

Open source also has its dark side, like when Meta's AI model leaked to 4chan within a week.

Does democratizing powerful technology also democratize its misuse?

Everyone and anyone are welcome to join as long as you are kind, supportive, and respectful of others. Zoom link will be posted at 12pm MDT.

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