Applications break, distributed applications even more so. Since failure is inevitable, you have a couple of options: you look the other way, then face the consequences, or you plan and put things in place to help you withstand the chaos?

In this session, we're going to think about all the ways systems can get messed up, from network issues, to server crashes or insistent API clients. We'll then move on to discuss how we can prepare, building systems that auto-heal or, at the very least, don't leave you in the dark when things go sideways.

By the end, you'll probably be a less optimistic person, but at least your applications will work more reliably.