Month: June 2025

Eastham Bridge collapse 24th May 2016

Big Enough to Fail

I’ve been playing with an idea based mostly on anecdotal evidence: At some point, the external dependencies which our systems rely on become so tightly coupled, large, and fundamental that should those foundations inevitably fail, that blame can actually go down in response to an incident. A blanket statement applicable to any system feels egregious, but I’m confident enough to… Read more →