Kubernetes Podcast from Google LitmusChaos, with Karthik Satchitanand
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Aug 20, 2024 
Karthik Satchitanand, a principal software engineer at Harness and co-founder of LitmusChaos, dives into the fascinating world of chaos engineering. He discusses how the Litmus project emerged to enhance resilience testing in Kubernetes environments. Karthik highlights the evolution of chaos engineering principles, comparing them with traditional disaster recovery methods. They also explore the significance of innovative testing strategies and effective recovery plans, emphasizing the importance of intentional chaos for improving system reliability and community engagement.
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Chaos Engineering Defined
- Chaos engineering tests distributed systems' resilience to unexpected disruptions.
- It involves controlled experiments and hypothesis validation to understand system behavior.
Continuous Resilience vs. One-off DIRT
- Run disaster recovery testing (DIRT) exercises regularly, like chaos engineering.
- DIRT can involve real or simulated disruptions to test recovery processes.
Litmus Chaos Origin
- Litmus Chaos originated from the need for continuous resilience testing of a Kubernetes-based SaaS platform.
- It evolved from scripts into a comprehensive chaos engineering platform.