Best practices for a successful chaos engineering journey

Unleashing the Full Potential of Chaos Engineering — Part 2

Adrian Hornsby
The Cloud Architect

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“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” ― Benjamin Franklin

Welcome to Part 2 of the chaos engineering blog series! In Part 1, we took a deep dive into the various experimentation modes in chaos engineering, exploring their unique benefits and applications. Now, in Part 2, we will shift our focus to the essential best practices that will empower you to achieve success in chaos engineering. Building on the foundation laid in Part 1, we will delve into practical strategies and insights gathered from years of experience in the field.

Before we get started, a word of caution.

The best practices presented in this blog post are based on my personal experiences in chaos engineering. Over the course of more than a decade, I’ve had the privilege of gaining practical insights through my own experiments, as well as supporting colleagues, teams, and customers in their chaos engineering endeavors. However, please adapt them to your specific context and requirements, as every organization and system is unique. These practices should only serve as helpful guidance. They are not an…

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Adrian Hornsby
The Cloud Architect

Principal System Dev Engineer @ AWS ☁️ I break stuff .. mostly. Opinions here are my own.