The Cloudflare outage was a good thing
4 days ago
- #Cloudflare
- #Digital Resilience
- #Internet Centralization
- Cloudflare experienced a massive outage due to a bad config file triggering a latent bug.
- The outage highlighted the internet's increasing centralization and reliance on few key players.
- Many essential services (banking, retail, etc.) were affected, showing society's dependence on digital infrastructure.
- The internet was designed for decentralization but has become centralized due to economic and security challenges.
- Outages serve as warnings, pushing for redundancy and resilience in digital systems.
- Comparisons were drawn to COVID-19's impact on supply chains, emphasizing the need for diversified systems.
- Society is drifting towards fragility, relying heavily on a few digital infrastructure providers.
- The article advocates for embracing outages to build more resilient and redundant systems.