This is the definition of a nerd snipe for me.

I’ve been binging a Korean YouTuber called Hyangachi(향아치)who goes into Joseon dynasty history in a very approachable way for younger generation and I’ve been researching observability dashboard for my side projects. I didn’t even think about combining the two.

Joseon dynasty was obsessed with preserving history. Not even the king could interfere with it. In fact, a king fell from his horse during a hunt, then told them to not write it down. But we know this happened because they wrote down the order :D

The historians also have known about the importance of resiliency and made back up copies too!

Treating historical records like system logs is a framing I hadn't considered. interesting

Great, now we need this with current data for modern governments