It was done a tested more than once. As I recall, it took quite a bit to get Linux to perform to the level that BSD was performing for (a) this use can and (b) the years of investment Netflix had already put into the…
Chaos Monkey was explained to me as "The (virtual) monkey swinging around the (virtual) data center unplugging the (virtual) cables". It very well could have been based on Robbins. The point wasn't originality - the…
Initially we wrote the library to help us answer the question about what change may be causing impact to our customers' experiences. Out of the billions of time series metrics we have we knew there were about 10,000 or…
In my opinion, it doesn't count unless its in production. Why? Your customers use your production environment, not your test environment. Something will cause loss of an instance for you: * Mistaken termination * AWS…
To put a finer point on the OpenConnect comments - Netflix doesn't stream any video from AWS. All video bits are served by the OpenConnect CDN.
This has more to do with licensing restrictions than with technology.
When I had 5 weeks ago I never took all of it. The environment didn't support it. It was very much the "here are 5 weeks of vacation we hope you won't use". Now I can a week or two here and there, a few days off, a long…
I can speak for me and others I know rather well - I like what I do. I enjoy going to work, finding things to fix, and fixing them. There are those things that I don't enjoy doing, but, they're not the majority by a…
I've seen quite a few reactions to the Netflix unlimited PTO policy that are similar to the reactions to the new Maternity and Paternity policy. Many of these opinions are the likes of: * "I'm suspicious of this." * "No…
Both
If you're good and what you do and have passed the interview process, you'll be fine. The fact that you are self-aware enough to understand the high performance culture and what it takes to meet that bar further…
It was done a tested more than once. As I recall, it took quite a bit to get Linux to perform to the level that BSD was performing for (a) this use can and (b) the years of investment Netflix had already put into the…
Chaos Monkey was explained to me as "The (virtual) monkey swinging around the (virtual) data center unplugging the (virtual) cables". It very well could have been based on Robbins. The point wasn't originality - the…
Initially we wrote the library to help us answer the question about what change may be causing impact to our customers' experiences. Out of the billions of time series metrics we have we knew there were about 10,000 or…
In my opinion, it doesn't count unless its in production. Why? Your customers use your production environment, not your test environment. Something will cause loss of an instance for you: * Mistaken termination * AWS…
To put a finer point on the OpenConnect comments - Netflix doesn't stream any video from AWS. All video bits are served by the OpenConnect CDN.
This has more to do with licensing restrictions than with technology.
When I had 5 weeks ago I never took all of it. The environment didn't support it. It was very much the "here are 5 weeks of vacation we hope you won't use". Now I can a week or two here and there, a few days off, a long…
I can speak for me and others I know rather well - I like what I do. I enjoy going to work, finding things to fix, and fixing them. There are those things that I don't enjoy doing, but, they're not the majority by a…
I've seen quite a few reactions to the Netflix unlimited PTO policy that are similar to the reactions to the new Maternity and Paternity policy. Many of these opinions are the likes of: * "I'm suspicious of this." * "No…
Both
If you're good and what you do and have passed the interview process, you'll be fine. The fact that you are self-aware enough to understand the high performance culture and what it takes to meet that bar further…