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How FAANG Engineers Debug Production Issues Under Pressure
In this episode, Lucas and Luna dig into the specific techniques FAANG engineers use when debugging a live production incident. They break down the 'five whys' approach, how to isolate a bug when a million users are affected, and what to do when you have no idea where to start. Lucas shares a story from his time at a large tech company where a single misconfigured flag caused a 30-minute outage. They also discuss the importance of runbooks, postmortems, and staying calm when the pager goes off. The hosts talk about how senior engineers 'triage' issues and the difference between a root cause…
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