Chaos monkeys generate swarms of disconfirming evidence for a system.

2024-05-06 · Bits and Bobs 5/6/24

Systems that survive a chaos monkey get stronger.

Too much chaos could kill the system, knock it out of the game.

So start with small amounts of chaos and ramp up the chaos as you go and as it survives longer.

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