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Tony St Pierre
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Graceful Degradation in Software and Teams: How Resilient Systems Fail Well

Some systems fail loudly. The best ones fail well.

Graceful degradation means more than surviving failure. It means shaping it. A resilient system doesn't try to hold everything. It knows what must endure and lets the rest give way.

And this isn't just about code.

Teams fail. Habits fracture. People fray.
The question isn't if. It's how you break and what still stands.

You don't prove strength by staying unbroken.
You prove it in how you bend.

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