Developing distributed applications is the norm nowadays, with microservices and related architectural patterns leading the way. The problem is, we don’t quite seem to have adapted to the added complexity these approaches bring, in particular, the amount of failure scenarios involved.

What happens to your precious data if there’s a power outage halfway some processing steps? How about a network hiccup? Can your API handle client retries?

My goal with this talk, is to get you thinking about various ways your distributed application can be put up to the test, while also sharing some ideas to address these challenges.