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Starting SRE at startups and smaller organizations
Who should pay attention to this article ❌ SRE at a very small startup with few users rarely makes a difference until you’ve reached a fair userbase size or have growing pains ❌ Many organizations without a strong money/legal incentive e.g. SLAs tied to their operations, cannot justify diving into a complex field like SRE…
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Inside Spotify’s Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practice
You’ve undoubtedly caught wind of the latest Netflix series, dubbed “The Playlist,” a show loosely inspired by the birth of Spotify. Chances are, you may have already devoured it in one glorious binge-watching session. As for me, I only got around to it recently. I was enticed by a Youtube ad that hinted at a…
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Spotify’s Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Culture and Practices [Audio]
Listen to this audio case study now: In this episode, we explore Spotify’s Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practice and how it transformed the company’s software operations. We’ll unravel the hypergrowth challenge that Spotify faced before it implemented SRE practices. We will also deep dive into how SRE has helped Spotify’s broader engineering work. You’ll get…
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SREs are risk managers, IAC hate and more! [Audio]
Episode 1 [SRE Review Podcast] Listen to this episode now: In this maiden episode of SRE Review, I cover the following articles:
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How SRE reduces software operations costs
I wax lyrical about this almost every day to engineering managers, tech executives, and even SRE managers themselves that… Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) is an indispensable asset for organizations that are seeking to reduce operating costs. You might not have felt that cost reduction pressure in the last few years. But that pressure is now…
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#6 Building a successful SRE practice through capabilities
Episode 6 [SREpath Podcast] We discuss the need for a framework to guide the development of Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) and drive value for organizations. You will learn about our pillar view of areas like observability and service management, to identify areas for improvement and emphasize the importance of focusing on a few key areas…
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#5 Where does SRE fit into your organization’s structure? [Audio]
Episode 5 [SREpath Podcast] We discuss throughout this episode the different engagement models for Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) and how to contextualize SRE into an organization’s structure. Sebastian Vietz, an experienced SRE practitioner, suggests five different engagement models for SRE and emphasizes the importance of considering the cost associated with each model. The hosts also…
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#4 Should organizations care about SRE? [Audio]
Episode 4 [SREpath Podcast] This episode discusses how Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) can be important to organizations. SRE can help: We will also cover how to integrate SRE into the organization’s culture for continuous improvement and innovation.
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#3 SRE vs DevOps vs Platform Engineering [Audio]
Episode 3 [SREpath Podcast] In this episode of SREpath, Ash and Sebastian discuss the unnecessary debate surrounding Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), DevOps, and platform engineering. They argue that these disciplines should not be pitted against each other, but rather seen as complementary and able to coexist within an organization. The focus should be on continuous…
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#2 What is Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) and what is not SRE? [Audio]
Episode 2 [SREpath Podcast] In this episode of the SREpath podcast, Ash and Sebastian explore what Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) is and how it manifests in a highly functional organization. We also cover the controversial issue of what SRE is not.
