# Network Scenarios Cheatsheet I find it amusing that software engineers (or at least those I know) are very risk averse but paradoxically very optimistic about some topics. Complete trust in reliable network conditions is a belief that puzzles me often. After frequent conversations about what is - and should - be considered “normal” reliability when passing messages between distributed systems I got bored with recalling (and repeating!) same examples. So I designed cheat sheet to look at when planning for systems interactions. ![[axk.sh/assets/images/network-scenarios.png]] Hope you find it useful and keep in mind that those conditions tend to multiply when number of exchanges increase. Feel free to reach out with feedback. Acknowledgements: - [draw.io](https://draw.io) - great editor that only got better over time (but devs, if you're reading this, please make **rendered** PDF export easier) - [Berkeley Mono Typeface](https://berkeleygraphics.com) - because everything is better with nice mono font :)