Flux: A New Approach to System Intuition

thechriswalker wrote: post #3

jordanwallwork wrote: post #2

Seems stupid to call it flux

Surely it's because it looks like a flux capacitor. Seems reasonable to me.

Correct. Compare the image at the top of the article (http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1UN25h8GKVw/VgxffFjqvUI/AAAAAAAAAQ...) to http://electroshadow.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/FluxCapa...

Re: Flux: A New Approach to System Intuition

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Post by bdchauvette » Fri, Oct 02, 2015, 9:58 AM UTC

thechriswalker wrote: post #3

jordanwallwork wrote: post #2

Seems stupid to call it flux

Surely it's because it looks like a flux capacitor. Seems reasonable to me.

The GP might be referring to the fact that Facebook also has a project called Flux [1].

[1] https://facebook.github.io/flux/

Re: Flux: A New Approach to System Intuition

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Post by stedaniels » Fri, Oct 02, 2015, 10:00 AM UTC

For those reading comments first and hoping a title like this means Netflix is finally doing something decent in the way suggestions and not showing the same move/show on multiple sliders on the same page. I.e. it's now got better intuition.. you'll be disappointed.

If your looking for really fancy Netflix network infrastructure stuff, dive right in! They are great at this stuff :-D

Re: Flux: A New Approach to System Intuition

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Post by PudgePacket » Fri, Oct 02, 2015, 10:01 AM UTC

It's pretty amazing that the traffic was nearly entirely redirected in 20 seconds and then whatever issue that was plaguing the server was resolved so quickly.

Re: Flux: A New Approach to System Intuition

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Post by mAritz » Fri, Oct 02, 2015, 10:18 AM UTC

PudgePacket wrote: post #7

It's pretty amazing that the traffic was nearly entirely redirected in 20 seconds and then whatever issue that was plaguing the server was resolved so quickly.

The latter part is because it was a simulated failure using their Chaos Kong (follow their link to Chaos Experiment: http://techblog.netflix.com/2015/09/chaos-engineering-upgrad... ).

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Post by agumonkey » Fri, Oct 02, 2015, 10:34 AM UTC

bdchauvette wrote: post #5

thechriswalker wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Surely it's because it looks like a flux capacitor. Seems reasonable to me.

The GP might be referring to the fact that Facebook also has a project called Flux [1]. [1] https://facebook.github.io/flux/

Agreed, considering how new and trendy Flux is ... that is a weird name usage.

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Post by nstart » Fri, Oct 02, 2015, 12:01 PM UTC

Is it just me or has the Netflix engineering team really been cranking out good stuff as of recent times? I mean holy crap. This thing feels so futuristic just watching it. I can't begin to express how blown away I am.

Given how crazy creative the netflix team is, it's not a stretch to imagine their next hackathon. Put this on a big screen and sit in front of it. Throw in a few hazard lights and a siren and music that plays automatically the moment there's a failure and it's a done deal.

Side note: If you want to get a better understanding of what you are reading, the inline linked article[1] is a must read

Also, I actually thought the pain suit was a real thing for a moment. Well played Netflix. Well played.

[1]http://techblog.netflix.com/2015/09/chaos-engineering-upgrad...