How a leap second caused havoc with the Internet - Tales from the Ops Side
stack.io CEO, Hany Fahim, encountered an unexpected puzzle. This puzzle went beyond technical challenges and forced him to think deeply about the ripple effects space and time have on Ops, and the Earth itself.
The missing connection
Without warning, on a summer evening in June 2012, multiple sites went down. At first, Hany thought it might be an attack, but this didn’t make sense because other sites seemed to be operational. Even odder, several systems reported a high load. While an increase in...
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