Stream-Based Processing Grid is an infrastructure practice that is usually called in after the second outage. Most of what we are asked to do is not new work — it is work that was started by somebody else and needs to be understood before it can be continued.
Small team, one project at a time per person, and a written record of every decision. We would rather turn down work than staff it with people who have not read the code or the process.
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