http://carlos.bueno.org/optimization/mature-optimization.pdf Internal performance optimization manual for facebook.
Post: How to lose $172,222 a second for 45 minutes
hello, educational article and post-mortem document http://pythonsweetness.tumblr.com/post/64740079543/how-to-lose-172-222-a-second-for-45-minutes
I'm not exactly sure if this fits in here, but the appendix F from the Challenger explosion investigation was a goldmine of engineering principles and how things can go wrong that I could learn from ...
How to know where to start? Knowledge map?
How well does this content fit a knowledge map structure? The list is great but it's also large-ish and growing. Having a logical starting point (perhaps per high-level topic) might be interesting. ...
Everything should have an explicit limit, even if very high, backpressure everywhere, etc.
Book: The Field Guide to Understanding Human Error
Recommended in this reading list. Maybe this turns out to be a better fit than #4.