--- title: "Ongoing Tradeoffs, and Incidents as Landmarks" url: https://daily.dev/posts/ongoing-tradeoffs-and-incidents-as-landmarks-wse1wyzpg source_url: https://ferd.ca/ongoing-tradeoffs-and-incidents-as-landmarks.html type: article source: "Planet Erlang" published: 2025-09-20T14:28:27.642Z updated: 2025-09-20T14:28:48.261Z reading_time: 14 upvotes: 1 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Ongoing Tradeoffs, and Incidents as Landmarks **[Planet Erlang](https://daily.dev/sources/planeterlang)** · 14 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Incidents should be viewed as navigational landmarks that reveal ongoing organizational tradeoffs rather than isolated decision failures. By examining incidents through the lens of continuous tradeoffs, teams can understand how their structural choices, priorities, and goal conflicts create predictable failure patterns. This perspective shifts focus from individual decisions to systemic factors that shape both everyday work and exceptional situations, enabling organizations to use incidents for strategic reorientation rather than just tactical fixes. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [How incidents can teach us about what’s already working well](https://daily.dev/posts/how-incidents-can-teach-us-about-what-s-already-working-well-hq7hrqop7) · Surfing Complexity · 37 upvotes · 0 comments - [Notes on incidents](https://daily.dev/posts/notes-on-incidents-noabbvg3s) · sean goedecke · 46 upvotes · 1 comments - [5 Incident Management Lessons To Carry Into 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/5-incident-management-lessons-to-carry-into-2026-hucsmbhfz) · The New Stack · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/ongoing-tradeoffs-and-incidents-as-landmarks-wse1wyzpg)