SE-Radio-Episode-276-Björn-Rabenstein-on-Site-Reliability-Engineering

Björn Rabenstein discusses the field of Site Reliability
Engineering (SRE) with host Robert Blumen. The term SRE has
recently emerged to mean Google's approach to DevOps. The
publication of Google's book on SRE has brought many of their
practices into more public discussion. The interview covers: what
is distinct about SRE versus devops; the SRE focus on development
of operational software to minimize manual tasks; the emphasis on
reliability; Dickerson's hierarchy of reliability; how
reliability can be measured; is there such a thing as too much
reliability?; can Google's approach to SRE be applied outside of
Google?; Björn's experience in applying SRE to Soundcloud - what
worked and what did not; how can engineers best apply SRE to
their organizational situation?; the importance of monitoring;
monitoring and alerting; being on call, responding to incidents;
the importance of documentation for responding to problems; they
wrap up with a discussion of why people from non-computer science
backgrounds are often found in devops and SRE.