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I made a downdetector for downdetector's downdetector's downdetector

https://downdetectorsdowndetectorsdowndetectorsdowndetector.com
89•halgir•2mo ago

Comments

donkey_brains•2mo ago
Ok, this is getting ridiculous…
mikeve•2mo ago
This downdetector seems to be down. We might need another downdetector.
squigz•2mo ago
This isn't funny anymore. Go to reddit to do this.
bartekpacia•2mo ago
It is funny, go complain on reddit
sam0x17•2mo ago
We watch the watchers that watch the watchers
user_7832•2mo ago
But who watches the watchers that watch the watchers that watch the watchers?
Joker_vD•2mo ago
Do we really need more than two down-detectors? Just point them at each other...
cmos•2mo ago
A good start, but let's see more.
invalidstring•2mo ago
What is Benoit B. Mandelbrot's middle name? Benoit B. Mandelbrot.
2gremlin181•2mo ago
The next step: Point downdector to downdector's downdector's downdector and create a cyclic dependency
korse•2mo ago
Trace buster buster buster
charles_f•2mo ago
This seems more valuable than one level down. Or is it up? Or in?
cactusplant7374•2mo ago
This seems really useful.
perrygeo•2mo ago
I love the joke. The thing is, it's not so funny when companies actually try to do this on their own systems. I've never seen a 4x deep observability stack. But I have seen 3x, an entire project team dedicated to building a system that watches the watchers. It gets absurd.

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