Introduction It is no small feat to run an ecosystem of entertainment experiences to delight a wide range of people, from young children to older “Disney adults”. Almost every Disney experience relies on a sophisticated technology stack working in the background. “Steve Jobs once said technology amplifies human ability. At Disney, we use technology to … Read More
This article is intended to help non-technical stakeholders better understand Site Reliability Engineering. It is part of the SRE Digital Transformation series exploring how to integrate SRE into your organization. What is SRE? Definition of Site Reliability Engineering Site Reliability Engineering (S.R.E.) is an aspect of software engineering that aims to ensure the ongoing reliability … Read More
In this article, you will learn the following: Introduction Hiring in the Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) space is notoriously difficult. So it makes sense to figure out how to expand the hiring pool beyond existing SREs. One way to increase the hiring pool is to recruit developers (also known as SWEs) and gradually advance them … Read More
Introduction LinkedIn has one of the most robust Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices around. After all, as the social network of record for jobseekers and salespeople, it is the 6th most trafficked website in the world, with over 1.5 billion unique visits per month. LinkedIn’s Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) ensure all that traffic gets served … Read More
In this article, you will see a breakdown of the platform setup and SRE practices within 12 non-FAANG technology companies. This is based on the case studies by Andrios Robert. โThere is a lot of content available on how Google did [Site Reliability Engineering]; letโs uncover what happens with the rest of the world.โ โ … Read More
So much has been debated lately about the emergence of “Platform Engineering” as a solution to software operations problems. It’s an interesting proposition. However, it is not your silver bullet that will fix all things one felt didn’t work out with Dev versus Ops, DevOps, or SRE. We are missing something very important in our … Read More
Shocking fact: only 10-25% of software outages are because of hardware or network failure. The rest are the result of human error like misconfiguration โ paraphrasing Martin Kleppman, Designing Data-Intensive Applications In this article, I will share with you how setting up passive guardrails in and around developer workflows can reduce the frequency and severity … Read More
We will explore the workings of the Team Topologies model and how Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) teams can fit into it. In more detail, I will share with you the following: Letโs get started. Overview of team topologies Team topologies is a relatively new model/framework, having been officially introduced in 2019. Itโs a response by … Read More
Introduction Every time you push a button like the one below to request an Uber ride, you activate a sequence of (micro)service requests. You’d never know unless you look under the hood because most of these services run solely in the background. Yet every service contributes to the start and completion of the Uber ride … Read More
In this article, I will share how tracing and more specifically Jaeger tracing can fit into your wider software observability strategy. Before we get into tracing, let’s define observability. What is observability? Observability is a comprehensive means of gaining data on how software services perform in production. This data gives you a picture of the … Read More
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