On March 8 2022 Spotify and Discord experienced an outage latest 2-3 hours. The reason was a configuration on the xDS formats on Google Traffic Director. Let us discuss how this change caused the outage and what Spotify did to mitigate that outage without relying on Google restoring the service back up.
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Spotify outage
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Apr 15
My new book - Root cause, Stories from two decades of backend bugs
I wrote a new book that has been in the works for years. It is called Root Cause, and it is for those who enjoy the art of backend engineering.Early in my career, 20 years ago, I built backend and database applications without fully grasping their inner mechanics. Performance iss ... Show More
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Dec 2023
Saudi Arabia Defends Oil Cuts, Spotify Slashes 1500 Jobs
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Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bloomberg-daybreak-asia/id1663863437
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Ccfge70zthAgVfm0NVw1b
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15m 3s
<p>Today is Wednesday, August 10, and we're looking at Spotify vs. Tidal.</p><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do ... Show More
<p>Brought to you by <strong>Microsoft Clarity</strong>—See how people actually use your product | <strong>Eppo</strong>—Run reliable, impactful experiments | <strong>Eco</strong>—Your most rewarding app</p><p>—</p><p><strong>Gustav Söderström</strong> is the Co-President and Chi ... Show More
