response = fetch(url, payload)
if (response.error) ...
but 99% of the folks I ask what is going to happen when the fetch does NOT error out but instead takes 10 seconds look at me like I'm speaking gibberish.
This is the single biggest reason for cascading failures I see.
Netflix has dealt with it via their Hystrix library (open source). These days it seems like a proxy like Consul is the way to go. It encapsulates all of the fancy logic (like circuit breakers and flow control) so your service doesn't have to.
This is the single biggest reason for cascading failures I see.
Netflix has dealt with it via their Hystrix library (open source). These days it seems like a proxy like Consul is the way to go. It encapsulates all of the fancy logic (like circuit breakers and flow control) so your service doesn't have to.