Latest on VisorCraft Newshttps://www.visorcraft.com/news/latest/Recent content in Latest on VisorCraft NewsVisorCraft Newshttps://www.visorcraft.com/logo.pnghttps://www.visorcraft.com/logo.pngHugoen-USVisorCraft Launches New Edge Computing Platformhttps://www.visorcraft.com/news/2024/07/visorcraft-launches-new-edge-computing-platform/Mon, 01 Jul 2024 10:00:00 -0500https://www.visorcraft.com/news/2024/07/visorcraft-launches-new-edge-computing-platform/<p>We&rsquo;re excited to announce the launch of our new edge computing platform, designed to bring compute power closer to where data is created.</p> <h2 id="whats-new">What&rsquo;s New</h2> <p>Our platform offers:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Ultra-low latency</strong>: Sub-millisecond response times</li> <li><strong>Global deployment</strong>: Edge nodes in 50+ regions</li> <li><strong>Seamless integration</strong>: Works with your existing infrastructure</li> <li><strong>Pay-as-you-go pricing</strong>: Only pay for what you use</li> </ul> <h2 id="getting-started">Getting Started</h2> <p>Deploy your first edge function in under 5 minutes:</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span style="display:flex;"><span>npm install -g @visorcraft/cli </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>visorcraft init </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>visorcraft deploy </span></span></code></pre></div><p>Learn more in our <a href="https://www.visorcraft.com/docs">documentation</a>.</p>We’re excited to announce the launch of our new edge computing platform, designed to bring compute power closer to where data is created.

What’s New

Our platform offers:

  • Ultra-low latency: Sub-millisecond response times
  • Global deployment: Edge nodes in 50+ regions
  • Seamless integration: Works with your existing infrastructure
  • Pay-as-you-go pricing: Only pay for what you use

Getting Started

Deploy your first edge function in under 5 minutes:

npm install -g @visorcraft/cli
visorcraft init
visorcraft deploy

Learn more in our documentation.

]]>Building Resilient Systems: Lessons from the Fieldhttps://www.visorcraft.com/news/2024/06/building-resilient-systems-lessons-from-the-field/Fri, 28 Jun 2024 14:30:00 -0500https://www.visorcraft.com/news/2024/06/building-resilient-systems-lessons-from-the-field/<p>After running production systems at scale for the past year, we&rsquo;ve learned a lot about building systems that don&rsquo;t just work—they recover gracefully when things go wrong.</p> <h2 id="the-philosophy">The Philosophy</h2> <p>Resilience isn&rsquo;t about preventing failures. It&rsquo;s about designing systems that <strong>expect</strong> failures and keep running anyway.</p> <h2 id="key-principles">Key Principles</h2> <h3 id="1-fail-fast-fail-open">1. Fail Fast, Fail Open</h3> <p>When something goes wrong, surface it immediately. Don&rsquo;t hide errors behind silent failures.</p> <h3 id="2-assume-network-partitions">2. Assume Network Partitions</h3> <p>Networks are unreliable. Design your services to handle timeouts and retries gracefully.</p>After running production systems at scale for the past year, we’ve learned a lot about building systems that don’t just work—they recover gracefully when things go wrong.

The Philosophy

Resilience isn’t about preventing failures. It’s about designing systems that expect failures and keep running anyway.

Key Principles

1. Fail Fast, Fail Open

When something goes wrong, surface it immediately. Don’t hide errors behind silent failures.

2. Assume Network Partitions

Networks are unreliable. Design your services to handle timeouts and retries gracefully.

3. Graceful Degradation

If a non-critical service goes down, the rest of your system should continue functioning. Feature flags and circuit breakers are your friends.

4. Observability First

You can’t fix what you can’t see. Structured logging, metrics, and tracing are table stakes.

What’s Next

We’ll be sharing more deep dives into our architecture and tools in the coming weeks. Stay tuned!

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