Further Reading: Load Shedding & Circuit Breakers

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Additional Resources

Books

"Release It!" by Michael Nygard - Circuit breaker pattern - Load shedding strategies

Key Takeaways

  1. Load shedding: Drop requests when overloaded
  2. Circuit breakers: Stop calling failing services
  3. Tune thresholds: Balance protection and UX
  4. Monitor: Monitor shedding and circuit breaker state