Chaos testing rarely uncovers anything significant or actionable beyond things you can suss out yourself with a thorough review but has the added potential for customer harm if you don't have all your ducks in a row. It also neatly requires, as a prerequisite, for you to have your ducks in a row.
I think that's why most companies don't do it. A lot of tedium and the main benefit was actually getting your ducks in a row.
I think it is more of a social technology for keeping your ducks in a row. Developers won’t be able to gamble that something “never happens” if we induce it weekly.
I think that's why most companies don't do it. A lot of tedium and the main benefit was actually getting your ducks in a row.