That's an interesting thought and probably something that would make a good addition to the library. It could be part of the default library or perhaps a custom strategy for the circuit breaker (once I finish…
At a basic level yes, it is to allow "giving up and moving on" and that is the point. There is more to it than that but basically it is to allow failing fast and if possible degrade gracefully via fallbacks instead of…
Glad to hear the documentation is thought-provoking - it was intended to not just explain the project but also communicate our learnings in operating at scale and how the Hystrix library is used by Netflix. I also agree…
That's an interesting thought and probably something that would make a good addition to the library. It could be part of the default library or perhaps a custom strategy for the circuit breaker (once I finish…
At a basic level yes, it is to allow "giving up and moving on" and that is the point. There is more to it than that but basically it is to allow failing fast and if possible degrade gracefully via fallbacks instead of…
Glad to hear the documentation is thought-provoking - it was intended to not just explain the project but also communicate our learnings in operating at scale and how the Hystrix library is used by Netflix. I also agree…