Transit and Peering: How your requests reach GitHub
GitHub is at a scale that provides exposure to interesting aspects of running a major site and are working to mature and level-up many parts of our infrastructure as we…
Ross McFarland
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Keeping an eye on our network
Visibility is essential to effectively operating complex systems. As our network has grown, we’ve had to improve the the way we collect data about it to keep up. Key to…
Enabling DNS split authority with OctoDNS
Building robust systems involves designing for failure. As Site Reliability Engineers at GitHub, we’re always on the lookout for places where redundancy can help to mitigate problems, and today we’ll…