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Transcript
BUILDING RESILIENT FRONTEND SYSTEMS Ian Feather - BuzzFeed - @ianfeather
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RESILIENCE IS FUNCTION IN A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT
GUARANTEE THE MOST BASIC LEVEL OF UX
UNDERSTAND YOUR TIERS OF USER EXPERIENCE
1. HOW OUR SYSTEMS FAIL 2. DESIGNING FOR FAILURE 3.
MITIGATING RISK 4. LEARNING
HOW OUR SYSTEMS FAIL SECTION 1
HOW OUR SYSTEMS FAIL 1. MALICIOUS INTERFERENCE
HTTPS IS TABLE STAKES
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HTTPS IS TABLE STAKES
HOW OUR SYSTEMS FAIL 1. MALICIOUS INTERFERENCE
HOW OUR SYSTEMS FAIL 1. MALICIOUS INTERFERENCE 2. 3RD PARTY
AVAILABILITY
CONTROL YOUR POINTS OF FAILURE
2016 DYN DNS 5 HRS AWS s3 9 HRS 2017
Fastly CDN 1 HR AWS S3 2 hrs
HOW OUR SYSTEMS FAIL 1. MALICIOUS INTERFERENCE 2. 3RD PARTY
AVAILABILITY
HOW OUR SYSTEMS FAIL 1. MALICIOUS INTERFERENCE 2. 3RD PARTY
AVAILABILITY 3. DEVELOPER ERROR
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ADD SLIDE ABOUT SENTRY
SLACK ALERTS
KNOWING IT’S BROKEN BEFORE TWITTER DOES
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THEORY VS PRACTICE
HOW OUR SYSTEMS FAIL 1. MALICIOUS INTERFERENCE 2. 3RD PARTY
AVAILABILITY 3. DEVELOPER ERROR
HOW OUR SYSTEMS FAIL 1. MALICIOUS INTERFERENCE 2. 3RD PARTY
AVAILABILITY 3. DEVELOPER ERROR 4. THE NETWORK
THEORY VS PRACTICE
THEORY VS PRACTICE
~1% OF REQUESTS FOR JAVASCRIPT WILL TIMEOUT
13 MILLION REQUESTS FOR JAVASCRIPT WILL TIMEOUT
HOW OUR SYSTEMS FAIL 1. MALICIOUS INTERFERENCE 2. 3RD PARTY
AVAILABILITY 3. DEVELOPER ERROR 4. THE NETWORK
HOW OUR SYSTEMS FAIL 1. MALICIOUS INTERFERENCE 2. 3RD PARTY
AVAILABILITY 3. DEVELOPER ERROR 4. THE NETWORK 5. USER’S PRIVILEGE
~9% OF OUR USERS USE SOME FORM OF CONTENT BLOCKER
~4% WON’T SUCCESSFULLY DOWNLOAD OUR FONTS
40 MILLION PAGEVIEWS PER MONTH
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HOW OUR SYSTEMS FAIL 1. MALICIOUS INTERFERENCE 2. 3RD PARTY
AVAILABILITY 3. DEVELOPER ERROR 4. THE NETWORK 5. USER’S PRIVILEGE
HOPE FOR THE BEST?
“technical glitches… cost the e-commerce giant an estimated $1.2 million
a minute”
DESIGN FOR FAILURE SECTION 2
DESIGN FOR FAILURE 1. PRIORITIZE CRITICAL PARTS OF THE PAGE
User FONTS html IMAGES DATA (xhr) IMAGES CSS JS IMAGES
Images HTML
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DESIGN FOR FAILURE 1. PRIORITIZE CRITICAL PARTS OF THE PAGE
DESIGN FOR FAILURE 1. PRIORITIZE CRITICAL PARTS OF THE PAGE
2. MAKE ERRORS A FIRST CLASS CITIZEN
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SOMETHING BROKE! SHOULD I TELL THEM?
✘
IT BROKE. SHOULD I TELL THEM?
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DESIGN FOR FAILURE 1. PRIORITIZE CRITICAL PARTS OF THE PAGE
2. MAKE ERRORS A FIRST CLASS CITIZEN
MITIGATE RISK SECTION 3
MITIGATE RISK 1. LOCK YOUR RUNTIME DEPENDENCIES
{ "name": “my-project", "version": "1.0.0", "dependencies": { "node-fetch": "~2.2.0", "node-fetch":
"^2.2.0", "node-fetch": "2.2.0" } }
CONTROL YOUR POINTS OF FAILURE
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MITIGATE RISK 1. LOCK YOUR RUNTIME DEPENDENCIES
MITIGATE RISK 1. LOCK YOUR RUNTIME DEPENDENCIES 2. BUILD IN
REDUNDANCY
HAVE TWO OF EVERYTHING
✖ Asset SERVER 1 Asset SERVER 2 www.asset-server-two.com/styles.css www.asset-server-one.com/styles.css
Asset SERVER 1 Asset SERVER 2 www.asset-server.com/styles.css Proxy service
CLOUD PROVIDER CDN STATIC ASSET SERVER IMAGE SERVICE POLYFILL SERVICE
AB TEST SERVICE FONT PROVIDER 2 X ?
PLAN Z
MITIGATE RISK 1. LOCK YOUR RUNTIME DEPENDENCIES 2. BUILD IN
REDUNDANCY
MITIGATE RISK 1. LOCK YOUR RUNTIME DEPENDENCIES 2. BUILD IN
REDUNDANCY 3. SERVE STALE CONTENT
SERVER CDN
CDN ✖ SERVICE WORKER SERVER
MITIGATE RISK 1. LOCK YOUR RUNTIME DEPENDENCIES 2. BUILD IN
REDUNDANCY 3. SERVE STALE CONTENT
LEARN FROM MISTAKES SECTION 4
LEARN FROM MISTAKES 1. POSTMORTEMS
BLAMELESS
HOW DID WE HANDLE IT AS A TEAM?
HOW COULD IT HAVE BEEN PREVENTED?
LEARN FROM MISTAKES 1. POSTMORTEMS
LEARN FROM MISTAKES 1. POSTMORTEMS 2. FIRE DRILLS & CHAOS
TESTING
FIRE DRILLS ARE A SAFE SPACE TO PRACTICE
1. LIMIT IMPACT 2. DIRECT COMMUNICATIONS 3. DELEGATE EARLY
CHAOS TESTING
DELIBERATELY INTRODUCE FAILURE TO ENSURE YOUR SYSTEMS ARE RESILIENT
LEARN FROM MISTAKES 1. POSTMORTEMS 2. FIRE DRILLS & CHAOS
TESTING
IN SUMMARY
KNOW WHAT’S IMPORTANT TO YOUR USERS
IDENTIFY HOW YOUR SYSTEM WILL DEGRADE
IDENTIFY POINTS OF FAILURE AND BUILD IN FAIL-SAFES
LEARN FROM EVERY FAILURE
THANK YOU IAN FEATHER - BUZZFEED - @IANFEATHER