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Re:SVB lobbied the government to relax some Dodd-Frank provi... by nonethewiser on Sunday March 12, 2023 @01:26AM (#35117345)
Except in this case you want more “dependencies.” Not only to reduce risk but to maximize FDIC insurance.
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Re:SVB lobbied the government to relax some Dodd-Frank provi... by ashwagary on Sunday March 12, 2023 @01:47AM (#35117463)
>Be careful of what hard dependencies you choose.

>Except in this case you want more “dependencies.”

More specifically, if you must have 3rd party dependencies, make sure you fully understand the risks, distribute exposure to adequately minimize central points of failure, and have failover procedures in place to reduce possible downtime.

The technical crowd that successfully run high-uptime web infrastructure with demanding SLAs generally understand this idea very well.

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