SRE

Writing on SRE.

Use AIOps to connect operational evidence, then test whether it improves investigation without hiding missing signals or unsupported conclusions.

September 28, 20234 min read

Start tracing with a customer-critical path, then test propagation, sampling, and whether the trace supports a real investigation.

September 28, 20233 min read

Choose an SLI, target, and evaluation window that reflect user experience, then agree on the decisions an SLO result will change.

September 28, 20233 min read

Understand spans, parent-child relationships, retries, and missing evidence so traces support a careful diagnosis.

September 28, 20233 min read

Connect telemetry, customer reports, decisions, and verification so improvements in a dashboard reflect improvements in the service.

September 28, 20233 min read

An error budget translates an SLO into an allowed amount of bad service. Its value comes from the decisions attached to consumption and burn rate.

September 28, 20233 min read

Choose a small set of reliability indicators with clear definitions, useful distributions, and an explicit decision attached to each.

September 28, 20234 min read

Use the free SRE books as references for a concrete service problem, then adapt and test the practices against your own constraints.

September 18, 20233 min read