How to lay the groundwork in advance, or the path to 99.99% project uptime
summary
Talk describes achieving 99.99% uptime for a project by planning for failure modes across its lifecycle: from initial prototype on a founder’s laptop to small multi-VM hosting and then to active growth. It covers practical infrastructure measures and operational practices to prevent downtime during scaling transitions.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction
- 5:03Hosting as a business
- 10:00Common client mistakes
- 21:07Monitoring myths
- 27:11Project checklist
- 35:30Choosing a hoster
- 41:30Russian hosting market
- 44:11Government relations
- 50:29DDoS attack problem
- 53:49Attack protection
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