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The Reliability Stories You Won't Hear on LinkedIn

We had the pleasure of meeting Ponmani Palanisamy, a Staff Site Reliability Engineer at LinkedIn, at a recent SRE Meetup in Bangalore. Ponmani gave an insightful talk on "Improving data redundancy and rebalancing data in HDFS." We were captivated by his talk and eager to learn more about his experience in the reliability space. We talked about everything including his journey, experiences, and of course, his most memorable war room stories over a steady career of 17 years. Here's what he had to share.

KPI vs. SLA: Important Metrics in Incident Management

Organizations prioritize Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Service Level Agreements (SLAs) to achieve optimal performance. However, understanding the differences between KPIs and SLAs can be challenging. In this blog, we discuss everything about Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Service Level Agreements (SLAs), and the key differences between KPIs vs SLAs.

Reliability for the Books - Incidentally Reliable with Niall Murphy

Catch Niall Murphy (Co-Founder of Stanza Systems) talk about graceful degradation, what startups are getting wrong about reliability and how well-thought user-experiences can communicate credibility to current and potential customers. Exclusively on The Incidentally Reliable podcast — made by SREs for SREs, hosted by Zenduty.

What are some startups Solomon Hykes is rooting for?

What are some startups Solomon Hykes is rooting for? What's his most controversial opinion? Who are some community members that more people should follow? Discover the answers to these questions, and a lot more in the Incidentally Reliable Podcast with Solomon Hykes, live on all major platforms! Tune in as Solomon shares stories from the early days of Docker, Inc, the rollercoaster journey leading to 20 million active developers worldwide, the heavy crown of a tech leader and his vision to revolutionize CI/CD with Dagger today.

Reinventing Deployments: From Docker to Dagger -- Incidentally Reliable with Solomon Hykes

Catch Solomon Hykes (Co-founder of @Docker and @Dagger) shares stories from the early days of Docker, the rollercoaster journey leading to 20 million active developers worldwide, the heavy crown of a tech leader and his vision to revolutionize CI/CD with Dagger today. Exclusively on The Incidentally Reliable podcast — made by SREs for SREs, hosted by Zenduty.

Insights of an Observability Advocate: The Challenges and Rewards

At a recent SRE Meetup in Bangalore, we had the pleasure of meeting Akshay Deshpande. During our conversation, Akshay, who manages a Performance/Observability Engineering team at Smarsh discussed his passion for observability and his constant drive to improve the field. Smarsh helps companies gain valuable insights from their communication data, enabling them to proactively identify potential regulatory and reputational risks before they escalate.

What Is Denormalized Data?

Traditional database design prioritizes data integrity through normalization. However, for read-heavy workloads, normalized data structures can lead to complex queries and slower performance. Denormalization offers an alternative approach to optimize query execution and improve efficiency. A study concluded that denormalization can improve query performance when implemented with a thorough understanding of application requirements.

Brand new: Zenduty's On-call Schedules Revamp | Hear it from the team who built it

We're about to drop a major revamp to one of your most used Zenduty features. Get ready to experience scheduling like never before! Join our YouTube Premiere Live to see the new on-call schedules that'll make your on-call life smoother and better! P.S. Zenduty is a revolutionary incident management platform that gives you greater control and automation over the incident management lifecycle.

Bob Lee - Lead DevOps Engineer at Twingate

I was out there in sunny Austin this February, speaking at Civo Navigate 2024. The event was jam packed with amazing talks, and it was great meeting so many people with long and fascinating careers in engineering and Site Reliability. I had the privilege of meeting Bob Lee, who currently leads DevOps at Twingate — a cloud-based service that provides secured remote access, and poised to replace VPNs.

Strategies for Scaling Systems Reliably by Bob Lee

I was out there in sunny Austin this February, speaking at Civo Navigate 2024. The event was jam packed with amazing talks, and it was great meeting so many people with long and fascinating careers in engineering and Site Reliability. I had the privilege of meeting Bob Lee, who currently leads DevOps at Twingate — a cloud-based service that provides secured remote access, and poised to replace VPNs.