#high-availability
5 episodes
#1931: AI Pipelines: In-Memory vs. Durable State
Why do AI pipelines crash? It’s not the models—it’s the plumbing. We break down how to manage data between stages.
#1236: Mission-Critical: The Tech Behind Life-Saving Alerts
From earthquake warnings to missile alerts, discover the high-stakes engineering that powers the world’s most reliable notification systems.
#771: Beyond Backups: The High Stakes of Critical Redundancy
How do hospitals and data centers stay online during a disaster? Explore the engineering of "five nines" and the limits of redundancy.
#389: Breaking the Monolith: Building a Resilient Home Lab Grid
When a single home server fails, the whole house goes dark. Learn how to shrink your "blast radius" by moving to a distributed hardware grid.
#163: Big Iron: Why Mainframes Still Run the Global Economy
Think mainframes are relics? Herman and Corn explore why "Big Iron" remains the unbreakable backbone of global finance and high-speed transactions.