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#34 From Cloud to Concrete: Should You Return to On-Prem?
Episode 34 [SREpath Podcast] Show notes This episode continues our coverage of Chapter 2 of the Site Reliability Engineering book (2016) by Betsy Beyer, Jennifer Pettof, Niall Murphy, et al. Later in this second part, we talk about the age-old debate of cloud vs on-prem, which is analogous to that other debate we have in…
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#33 Inside Google’s Data Center Design
Episode 33 [SREpath Podcast] Show notes This episode covers Chapter 2 of Google’s Site Reliability Engineering book (2016) by Betsy Beyer, Jennifer Pettof, Niall Murphy, et al. In this first part, we talk about the intricacies of data center design outlined in the book. One thing is for sure, building a data center for your…
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#32 Clarifying Platform Engineering’s Role (with Ajay Chankramath)
Episode 32 [SREpath Podcast] Show notes Platform Engineering is a hot topic right now with some pundits saying it will replace DevOps or SRE or both. I don’t think this is the case at all. Neither does Ajay Chankramath. He is the Head of Platform Engineering at ThoughtWorks North America, an innovator consulting group. I’d…
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#31 Intro to FinOps (with Ajay Chankramath)
Episode 31 [SREpath Podcast] Show notes FinOps is on the tip of many tongues in the software space right now, as we try to curb our costs in all areas. Ajay Chankramath has had a head start on this topic, having given talks on FinOps at conferences like the DevOps Enterprise Summit (DOES) among others.…
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#30 Clearing Delusions in Observability (with David Caudill)
Episode 30 [SREpath Podcast] Show notes How critical is observability (o11y) to SRE work? To me, observability is the core foundation practice for all other SRE practice areas. Without it, you’re flying blind. David Caudill is not afraid of making controversial viewpoints about this area. But he doesn’t do it for glory. To him, it’s about driving better practices. After all, it’s not…
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#29 – Reacting to Google’s SRE Book 2016 (Chapter 1 Part 2)
Episode 29 [SREpath Podcast] Show notes Sebastian and I continue our breakdown of notable passages from Chapter 1 of Google’s Site Reliability Engineering (2016) book by Betsy Beyer, Jennifer Pettof, Niall Murphy, et al. We covered passages like:
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#28 – Reacting to Google’s SRE Book 2016 (Chapter 1 Part 1)
Episode 28 [SREpath Podcast] Show notes Sebastian and I got together to react to and discuss 5 passages from Chapter 1 of Google’s Site Reliability Engineering book (2016) by Betsy Beyer, Jennifer Pettof, Niall Murphy, et al. We covered passages like:
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#27 – Growing as an SRE (Part 3)
Now that you’re warmed up on the truths of career progression, let’s explore how to do it well. In parts 1 and 2, we covered the 3 lesser known truths of career progression. That was just to whet your appetite to think more about your own growth journey. Let’s now get practical and explore ways for you to grow…
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#26 – Growing as an SRE (Part 2)
In part 1, we covered the first truth – that you don’t grow in your career merely through tenure. That was a simple one. Let’s explore 2 more truths that are somewhat trickier… Truth #2 โ Career progression is not a start-stop journey I like to call what a lot of people do for the next rung in…
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#25 – DORA and the Pursuit of Engineering Excellence (with Tim Wheeler)
Episode 25 [SREpath Podcast] Show notes Tim Wheeler is not shy to skip past all-too-common platitudes and describe what it takes to build a solid developer experience and engineering culture. Tim is the Director of Engineering Excellence at SquaredUp, which is in the observability dashboard space. To him, DORA metrics are the supporting act for…
