This is Fine! A podcast about resilience engineering and software
This is Fine! A podcast about resilience engineering and software
Podcast Description
A podcast about resilience engineering and software.
Ever wondered why things on the internet break? Do you work in software and wish that you could have a Dear-Abby-Like call-in show that could answer your deepest questions about how to make your workplace suck less? We're here to help!
Write us anonymously at our open question form
Email us at: [email protected]
Call us and leave a voicemail, or text us at: (401) 592-7574
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The podcast covers a variety of themes centering on resilience engineering, including human factors in system failures, AI's role in resilience, and practical recommendations for newcomers to the field. Notable episodes include a guest discussion with Courtney Nash on AI and resilience, as well as an exploration of the 2024 DORA report's implications for software performance.
A podcast about resilience engineering and software.
Ever wondered why things on the internet break? Do you work in software and wish that you could have a Dear-Abby-Like call-in show that could answer your deepest questions about how to make your workplace suck less? We’re here to help!
Write us anonymously at our open question form
Email us at: [email protected]
Call us and leave a voicemail, or text us at: (401) 592-7574
Seriously though, can’t wait to gtfo of this year.
Palisades fire links: https://www.nbclosangeles.com/investigations/anonymous-letter-demands-independent-palisades-fire-investigations/3800442/
https://internationalfireandsafetyjournal.com/palisades-fire-report/
Corey Quinn’s commentary on the AWS outage in October is here: https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/20/aws_outage_amazon_brain_drain_corey_quinn/
Time to reset the clock on how many episodes it’s been since we’ve mentioned the Ironies of Automation: https://ckrybus.com/static/papers/Bainbridge_1983_Automatica.pdf
Also on Rasmussen’s Boundary Model, which Lorin does a great write up on: https://surfingcomplexity.blog/2021/05/31/transgressing-the-boundaries-rasmussen-and-woods/
Lorin’s Law is our favorite law: https://surfingcomplexity.blog/2017/06/24/a-conjecture-on-why-reliable-systems-fail/
You can ask us questions or write to us using our form linked from our website: thisisfinepod.com
Resilience in Software Foundation is at resilienceinsoftware.org
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