Host the Service You Cannot Lose
Self-hosting is useful when the remote is something you can clone, back up, and rebuild — not when it is a second personality.
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Infrastructure.
Follow the critical path.
The systems behind the switch. Power, communications, and the paths that keep things working.
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Draw the Hidden Handoffs
Everyday infrastructure becomes easier to understand when you follow a single service across the boundaries between its maintainers.
Intermediate
Own the Critical Path
You do not need to control everything. Find the few dependencies that determine whether you can keep going.
Intermediate
Local First, Cloud When Useful
Put your work within reach. Let the network add possibilities without becoming permission to continue.
Intermediate
Resilience Is a Practice, Not a Product
Redundancy sits on a shelf. Resilience is what happens when someone knows how to use it.
Discovery