Episode 77: Fault Tolerance with Bob Hanmer Pt. 1

In this Episode we discuss fault tolerance based on the new book by
Bob Hanmer. This is the actually the first part of the discussion,
the remainder will be published in the next episode of SE Radio. We
start by discussing some of the context for fault tolerant systems
and the imperfect world assumption. We then discuss a number of
terms we will need when discussing the fault tolerance patterns. We
then discuss the fault tolerance mindset and connect fault
tolerance to a number of related subject areas, such as software
quality. We then discuss the shared context for the patterns that
follow, among them the important observation that fault tolerance
does not come for free! Finally we provide an overview over the
different sections covered in the book and start the detailed
discussion of the patterns by looking at the Architectural Patterns
section. The next episode will discuss the remaining patterns in
the book.