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Fail Fast Was Never Relevant to NetOps. Neither Is “Probably Fine.”
“Fail fast” is one of the defining philosophies of modern software engineering.
It reshaped startups, Agile development, DevOps, and cloud-native applications. Deploy early. Learn quickly. Iterate. Reduce the cost of experimentation.
It was the right philosophy for software. It never was for NetOps.
July 13, 2026