Failing Silently is also an Option.

Raul Junco

Oct 2, 2024

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You can do better than showing Error Messages. Learn when and how.

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Alex Pliutau

Oct 2

Great decision-making process. And thanks for packagemain.tech mention Raul!

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My pleasure, Alex!

Thanks

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Awesome explanation and heuristics behind the whole thing Raul.

Not every error a system experiences has to be shown to the user. We did implement similar approach using the Circuit Breaker pattern in a few projects.

Also, thanks for the mention!

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Thanks, Saurabh. It's always good to hear from other real-world experiences!

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Failing Silently is also an Option.