Automation Engineering
Automation that does not fail silently
Retry policies, backoff + jitter, idempotency keys, circuit breakers, runbooks, and observability patterns for correctness-first automation.
Runbook library
Free downloadable runbooks, checklists, and templates
Reliability tools
Interactive tools for automation reliability engineering
Articles
Engineering guides and reliability patterns
WebSocket Disconnects in Trading Bots: Reconnection That Actually Works
Handle WebSocket disconnects in trading bots with automatic reconnection, message gap detection, and state recovery—without missing fills or duplicating orders.
Trading bot keeps getting 429s after deploy: stop rate limit storms
When deploys trigger 429 storms: why synchronized restarts amplify rate limits, how to diagnose fixed window vs leaky bucket, and guardrails that stop repeat incidents.
Crash Recovery: Reconciliation Loops That Prevent Double Orders
Build crash-proof trading bots with reconciliation loops that detect and correct out-of-sync state on restart—preventing double orders and orphan positions.
Agent keeps calling same tool: why autonomous agents loop forever in production
When agent loops burn tokens calling same tool repeatedly and cost spikes: why autonomous agents loop without stop rules, and the guardrails that prevent repeat execution and duplicate side effects.
Retries amplify failures: why exponential backoff without jitter creates storms
When retries make dependency failures worse and 429s multiply: why exponential backoff without jitter creates synchronized waves, and the bounded retry policy that stops amplification.
API key suddenly forbidden: why exchange APIs ban trading bots without warning
When API key flips from working to 403 forbidden after bot runs for hours: why exchange APIs ban trading bots for traffic bursts, retry storms, and auth failures, and the client behavior that prevents it.