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Overview

Gremlin, founded by Kolton Andrus (former Amazon/Netflix reliability engineer), productized chaos engineering for enterprise adoption. Their approach emphasizes safety, categorization, and measurable outcomes—making chaos engineering accessible to organizations that can't afford to "move fast and break things."

The Pioneer

Kolton Andrus

Built chaos engineering infrastructure at Amazon (Game Days) and Netflix before founding Gremlin. His insight: chaos engineering needs to be safe, repeatable, and auditable for enterprise adoption.

"We basically inject a little harm in order to find weak spots and build an immunity. We proactively break things."

References

• Tutorials: https://www.gremlin.com/community/tutorials/
• Documentation: https://www.gremlin.com/docs/
• Talks: QCon, Velocity, SRECon presentations