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The Importance of Security, Debugging, and Learning from Outages in Software Development
This chapter emphasizes the critical role of security and debugging in development, referencing recent outages on popular platforms to highlight the need for post-mortems and continuous improvement. It discusses the challenges faced by engineers during outages and stresses the value of institutional knowledge. The conversation also touches on scaling systems, decision-making, and the significance of learning and sharing experiences for collective growth.