About the lab
Make the assumptions visible.
Fig Cloud Lab is an independent engineering workspace for documenting experiments, architecture studies and practical software engineering research.
Mission
Useful engineering notes make a system understandable. They explain the question being asked, the environment it assumes, the mechanism being examined, and the limits of the conclusion.
Fig focuses on foundations: service boundaries, isolation, observability, distributed work and the trade-offs of placing computation. It gives the practical notes a model to test.
How work is documented
Articles distinguish a design explanation from an experiment protocol and a measured result. Initial guides and project plans do not claim that a prototype is running or that a production system has met a performance target.
A measured note should include the relevant versions, starting conditions, command or test procedure, observations and cleanup. Changes to published material belong in its update date and the activity log.
Two connected publications
The companion publication follows the foundations into practical checks. Visit Nether Cloud Lab or follow a paired reading path.