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The GitLab Disaster: When 5 Backup Methods Failed and What It Teaches About Validation

October 18, 2024

database-recovery backup-validation production-incidents

How GitLab lost 6 hours of production data despite having 5 backup methods - and the framework for ensuring your backups actually work when you need them.

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The Kubernetes Cluster That Nearly Killed Black Friday

Jul 25, 2024

production-incidents capacity-planning

How a seemingly small configuration change brought down our entire e-commerce platform during the biggest shopping day …

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