RR 345: App Failure Emergencies and Holidays

Panel:Charles Max WoodDave KimuraDavid RichardsSpecial Guest: Amit ChoudaryIn this episode, the Ruby Rogues speaks with Amit Choudary, Amit is based in India as a Ruby and Ruby on Rails, Javascript, and Fullstack Developer. Amit is working with a company called Big Binary.  Big Binary builds web apps and a variety of mobile applications.  Amit mentions his informative blog on Ruby 2.5 at blog at Big Binary.Amit and the panel discuss app failure emergencies and holidays. Importantly this episode is about how holidays affect the schedules, staff, and emergency deploying apps or repairing crashes and servers. This is a great episode to learn about strategies to recover from crashes, emergencies, and disaster recovery,In particular, we dive pretty deep on:Holiday and emergency deploymentStaff availability is the biggest problem during that holidaysComing in on holidays"The Server is Down email”Adapting and avoiding the emailCrashes - storiesRedundant storage arrayDisaster recoveryHaving a planCommunicationHaving the team in-placeDealing with management and giving updatesCovering things during holidaysDocumentationsDeploymentRunning tests, CI CodeGuardContinuous deploymentRolling backDatabaseDebuggingIrreversible migrationRisk assessmentMistakes happenand much much more.Links: https://www.bigbinary.comhttps://blog.bigbinary.com@bigbinaryPicks:DavidThreat ModelsHuman Heart, Cosmic Heart DaveElectro Voice RE20Rails Active StorageChuckEterniumAtari - Sega GamesSmokerInstant PotAmit2.5 RubySpecial Guest: Amit Choudary. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ruby-rogues--6102073/support.