Ask HN: Who uses Chaos Monkey? 5 pointsbennetthi11 years ago8 commentsSaveHideCopy link On HNThe Chaos Monkey idea is amazing, but I haven't heard of many people using it besides Netflix.Comments−mtmail11yChaos Monkey: https://github.com/Netflix/SimianArmyintroduction: http://techblog.netflix.com/2012/07/chaos-monkey-released-in...−bennetthiOP11yYes, but that doesn't answer the question, who is actually using it.−mtmail11ySure. I didn't claim it does. I added links so the next person doesn't have to guess too long what Code Monkey stands for. Did you email the https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/simianarmy-users email list?−bennetthiOP11yI hadn't, so I just did. Thanks for the suggestion. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/simianarmy-users/59r...−romanhn11yChaos Monkey is great, but it may be more pragmatic to start by injecting failures manually, rather than through an automated process. We do this with Failure Fridays at PagerDuty - https://blog.pagerduty.com/2013/11/failure-friday-at-pagerdu....−bennetthiOP11yReally interesting approach. Thanks for the resource.−hacknat11yForget Chaos Monkey, who's using Chaos Kong? That's what I want to know ;)−bob91711yI use Chaos Monkey 3 times a day.
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Chaos Monkey: https://github.com/Netflix/SimianArmy
introduction: http://techblog.netflix.com/2012/07/chaos-monkey-released-in...
Yes, but that doesn't answer the question, who is actually using it.
Sure. I didn't claim it does. I added links so the next person doesn't have to guess too long what Code Monkey stands for. Did you email the https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/simianarmy-users email list?
I hadn't, so I just did. Thanks for the suggestion. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/simianarmy-users/59r...
Chaos Monkey is great, but it may be more pragmatic to start by injecting failures manually, rather than through an automated process. We do this with Failure Fridays at PagerDuty - https://blog.pagerduty.com/2013/11/failure-friday-at-pagerdu....
Really interesting approach. Thanks for the resource.
Forget Chaos Monkey, who's using Chaos Kong? That's what I want to know ;)
I use Chaos Monkey 3 times a day.