tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post6559624092556064785..comments2024-03-24T10:38:16.997-07:00Comments on Geeking with Greg: Continuous deployment at FacebookGreg Lindenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09216403000599463072noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-84540589468147605582009-11-19T10:33:17.640-08:002009-11-19T10:33:17.640-08:00>> "less than 3 hours of down time
>...>> "less than 3 hours of down time<br />>> in the past three years"<br /><br />It's admirable that Facebook believes in rapid development and "good enough" testing.<br /><br />However, I'm a Facebook application developer and wanted to say that the claim of 3 hours of downtime is very deceptive. Facebook applications contribute an enormous number of pageviews for Facebook. I wouldn't be surprised if application pages contributed at least 20% of all Facebook pageviews. And the stability of the Facebook Application Platform is FAR worse that webpages that are entirely owned by Facebook.<br /><br />I've been on the platform since 2007 and there hasn't been a single month where the Platform didn't have some sort of degradation. Degradation happens in terms of API errors, buggy functionality, and HTTP 404s. Just last night they had lots of problems. http://developers.facebook.com/live_status.php#msg_504Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02809904521774582820noreply@blogger.com