NSI/IEEE 1991 defines reliability as “the probability of failure-free software operation for a specified period of time in a specified environment”. That sounds pretty much like my definition of availability.

Notes

• Ensure every branch of your code is tested
• Ensure all exceptions are caught and properly handled
• Prefer Result<T, E> over Option<T> for error handling

taken from Nat Friedman’s website

Where do you get your dopamine?

• The answer is predictive of your behavior
• Better to get your dopamine from improving your ideas than from having them validated
• It’s ok to get yours from “making things happen”