Back in 2015ish Uber we liked to emphasize everyone building at the company to never forget about the long tail [distribution]. When your N crosses gets above

Back in 2015ish Uber we liked to emphasize everyone building at the company to never forget about the long tail [distribution]. When your N crosses gets above N per day, even the 0.1% edge cases happen several days times a day. When this has real world implications, even a single instance can matter a lot.