Imagine one day that your doorbell stopped working. By itself, that might not seem like a remarkable occurrence. Perhaps the wires connecting the button to the chime were chewed by a mouse. Perhaps a battery needs to be replaced. It would be somewhat odder if, in addition to your doorbell not working, your fridge, Roomba vacuum, streaming video services, voice-operated smart lightbulbs, and package delivery services also all stopped working at the same time. That happened earlier this week when an Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage caused some
Fragility and Resilience
Fragility and Resilience
Fragility and Resilience
Imagine one day that your doorbell stopped working. By itself, that might not seem like a remarkable occurrence. Perhaps the wires connecting the button to the chime were chewed by a mouse. Perhaps a battery needs to be replaced. It would be somewhat odder if, in addition to your doorbell not working, your fridge, Roomba vacuum, streaming video services, voice-operated smart lightbulbs, and package delivery services also all stopped working at the same time. That happened earlier this week when an Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage caused some