Erlang has circuit breakers too, like this: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;jlouis&#x2F;fuse" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;jlouis&#x2F;fuse</a><p>Sadly, they are not mentioned much in books or other documentation, despite being a potentially extremely useful piece of infrastructure for some kinds of projects.