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I just discovered cloudberg a few months ago, on HN. I agree the writeups are amazing.

What I enjoy most is that frequently, the crash appears to have a clear “culprit” early on, then cloud berg points out 5-7 other factors, any one of which might have prevented the accident. If the series had a theme, I think it would be that airplane crashes are less about human failings than systemic ones.

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That kind of thinking is useful when examining other system failures; AND it can be important to consider "let's assume this other factor had prevented the disaster, how could we have still identified the underlying 'cause'".

Because if your ass is being repeatedly saved by the equivalent of a $0.50 zip tie, you probably want to know that.

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