[Ygg2]

While I love Bret's work I don't think that's scalable. If you can simulate time axis, it means it can simulate only systems that can are hundreds of times smaller than system resource. E.g. can you simulate a Kubernetes swarm with thousands of different settings?

It's a great learning tool, but not much else.

[jononor]

Depends on the desired level of detail, and how "simulate-able" the system is designed to be. For example if everything uses a central event queue, one can to Discrete Event Simulation by just jumping to the next event. However an exiting Kubernetes swarm is not very simulate, as with most other existing software. And until (or if) simulation becomes a priority, this will continue to be the case.

[mettamage]

Bret's work is an example of the principle. Sublime its feature, for example, is scalable.