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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
Google’s State of DevOps 2021 Report: What SREs Need to Know

Google’s State of DevOps 2021 Report: What SREs Need to Know

The four key takeaways for SREs from Google’s State of DevOps 2021 report

Quentin Rousseau

Quentin Rousseau

October 1, 2021
5 min read
SRE vs. DevOps: What are the Differences?

SRE vs. DevOps: What are the Differences?

SRE and DevOps are closely related concepts, and many businesses can benefit from embracing both of them. Nonetheless, there are important distinctions between SRE and DevOps.

Mateus Gurgel

Mateus Gurgel

September 19, 2021
4 min read
What is an SRE?

What is an SRE?

A comprehensive definition of SREs and Site Reliability Engineering, including what SREs do and what makes SREs different from other roles.

JJ Tang

JJ Tang

September 9, 2021
5 min read
The Role of SREs in Observability

The Role of SREs in Observability

Although conversation about observability often ignores SREs, SREs have a central role to play in observability success.

Quentin Rousseau

Quentin Rousseau

September 3, 2021
4 min read
You Do the Math: Reliability Issues Triggered by Math Errors

You Do the Math: Reliability Issues Triggered by Math Errors

Even seemingly minor math bugs in software code can have outsize consequences.

Mateus Gurgel

Mateus Gurgel

August 26, 2021
5 min read