Fail at Scale - ACM QueueOctober 27, 2015 Volume 13, issue 8 PDF Fail at Scale Reliability in the face of rapid change Ben Maurer, Facebook Failure is part of engineering any large-scale system. One of Facebook's cultural values is embracing failure. This can be seen in the posters hung around the walls of our Menlo Park headquarters: "What Would You Do If You Weren't Afraid?" and "Fortune Favors the Bold." To keep Facebo
