Salesforce Outage Postmortem: The In-Band Dependency Trap
The September 2026 Salesforce outage exposed in-band dependency risks. Learn how an operational state control plane decouples client runtime behavior.
Insights tagged with #Control Plane
Articles and insights on operational state and application behavior.
Building an In-House Operational State Engine
An architectural evaluation of in-house operational state engines: where DIY patterns excel, when systems outgrow them, and how trade-offs evolve.
What is an Operational State Control Plane?
Define an Operational State Control Plane, how it differs from infrastructure (Kubernetes) and delivery tools, and why it's critical for incident response.
Why Operational Control Planes Should Never Sit in the Request Path
Addressing the number one SRE fear: Why adding an operational control plane shouldn't add latency or a single point of failure to your application.