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Who Needs Site Reliability Engineers (SREs)?

Who Needs Site Reliability Engineers (SREs)?

Although every company can benefit from SREs, some need SREs more than others.

JJ Tang

JJ Tang

December 3, 2021
4 min read
6 Steps SREs Should Take to Prepare for Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2021

6 Steps SREs Should Take to Prepare for Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2021

Six tips on how Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) can prepare for the reliability challenges of Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2021

Quentin Rousseau

Quentin Rousseau

November 24, 2021
4 min read
History of SRE: Why Google Invented the SRE Role

History of SRE: Why Google Invented the SRE Role

A history of Site Reliability Engineering from its origins at Google in 2003 to the present.

JJ Tang

JJ Tang

November 19, 2021
5 min read
SRE Complete Resume Writing Guide

SRE Complete Resume Writing Guide

Follow these steps to write a great SRE job resume.

Quentin Rousseau

Quentin Rousseau

November 12, 2021
4 min read
SLA vs. SLO vs. SLI: Understanding the Similarities and Differences

SLA vs. SLO vs. SLI: Understanding the Similarities and Differences

An explanation of the meaning of SLA, SLO and SLI, and how SREs should use each concept to manage reliability.

JJ Tang

JJ Tang

November 5, 2021
4 min read
SRE vs. SWE: Similarities and Differences

SRE vs. SWE: Similarities and Differences

SREs and SWEs complement each other, but they perform different tasks and focus on different priorities.

Quentin Rousseau

Quentin Rousseau

October 29, 2021
4 min read
An Introduction to Incident Response Roles

An Introduction to Incident Response Roles

Learn about the key roles within an incident response team, as well as optional incident roles you may not have thought about.

JJ Tang

JJ Tang

October 22, 2021
5 min read
What Managed Kubernetes Service is Best for SREs?

What Managed Kubernetes Service is Best for SREs?

A comparison of EKS, AKS, GKE, Rancher and OpenShift from an SRE’s perspective.

Quentin Rousseau

Quentin Rousseau

October 15, 2021
4 min read
What SREs Can Learn from Facebook’s Largest Outage

What SREs Can Learn from Facebook’s Largest Outage

An SRE’s analysis of the October 2021 Facebook outage.

JJ Tang

JJ Tang

October 8, 2021
5 min read