backpressure
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Cascading Failure: Backpressure, Load Shedding, and Graceful Degradation
A cascading failure is a feedback loop, not a row of dominoes. Removing the trigger does not stop it — which is why the controls have to be in place beforehand.
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Queues and Message Brokers: The Shock Absorber of Distributed Systems
A queue decouples producers from consumers and absorbs bursts. Backpressure, at-least-once delivery, idempotency, DLQs — now in front of every LLM call.