I Broke Production. Here's What I Learned About Availability.

Your system works fine until it doesn't. This video breaks down everything you need to know about availability in system design, from the basics to the trade-offs that senior engineers deal with every day. Whether you're preparing for a system design interview, building production systems, or just trying to understand how Netflix stays online while your side project crashes every weekend, this one's for you. CHAPTERS 00:00 The problem: when servers crash 02:00 What is availability? 03:00 The language of nines 04:55 SLAs and cloud providers 06:45 How to make systems more available 11:00 The trade-offs of high availability #systemdesign #softwaredevelopment #availability #distributedsystems #swe