Company
Date Published
Author
Jason Yee
Word count
1571
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

The Gremlin User Newsletter highlights the complexities of modern systems and the tools developed to manage them, emphasizing the role of Chaos Engineering in testing applications and the tools used to build them. AWS has introduced App2Container, a tool aimed at transforming applications into containers with deployment manifest generation for ECS and EKS, though it is currently limited to Java and .NET applications. The newsletter discusses the importance of testing containerized applications to ensure they function correctly and benefit from container environments, including autoscaling features in ECS and EKS. It also covers updates to the AWS Well-Architected Framework with a focus on Chaos Engineering and improvements in Gremlin's platform, such as the new Windows agent, updated Health Checks, and enhanced Scenario editing and targeting features for Kubernetes. By employing Chaos Engineering and the latest tools, organizations can proactively identify and mitigate risks, thus ensuring the reliability and robustness of their systems before issues affect users.