Stability Patterns and Antipatterns, Michael Nygard

Stability Patterns and Antipatterns

Once you hit Release 1.0, your system will be living in the real world. It has to survive everything the messy, noisy real world can throw at it: from flash mobs to Twitter. Once the public starts beating on your system, it has to survive--without you.

Did you know that just having your database behind a firewall can bring down your system? You'll learn about that and many other risks to your system. You will learn the biggest risks and how to counter them with stability design patterns. We'll talk about the best way to define the term "availability" and why the textbooks get it all wrong.

In this session, you will learn why the path to success begins with a failure-oriented mindset. I'll share war stories about antipatterns that have caused and accelerated millions of dollar’s worth of system failures. I'll share some of my scars with you so that you can avoid them.

About the Speaker

Michael Nygard strives to raise the bar and ease the pain for developers around the world. He shares his passion and energy for improvement with everyone he meets, sometimes even with their permission. Living with systems in production taught Michael about the importance of operations and writing production-ready software. Highly-available, highly-scalable commerce systems are his forte.

Michael has written and co-authored several books, including "97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know" and the best seller "Release It!", a book about building software that survives the real world. He is a highly sought speaker who addresses developers, architects, and technology leaders around the world.

Michael is currently Vice President, Customer Solutions, for Cognitect Inc., the company behind Clojure, ClojureScript, Pedestal, and Datomic.