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November 2020

How to SRE without an SRE on your team

Are terms like “Error budgets” and SLOs roadblocks on your way to adopting SRE practices for your organisation? Our latest blog talks of "How to SRE without an SRE on your team", where we look at some of the most elementary SRE concepts that you can start implementing right away! We help you pick SLOs, identify toil and touch base on Automation for SREs along with few best practices to get you started on your SRE journey.

How small changes to your SLOs can be SMART for your business - A narrative case study

In the second part of his "Choosing SLOs that are appropriate for our customers" blog, Adam Hammond, narrates a fictional case study through Bill Palmer, one of the protagonists of The Phoenix Project and shows "How small changes to your SLOs can be SMART for your business" In our previous blog, we discussed why you need to choose SLOs that are appropriate for your customers. We don’t always write out S M A R T and list our SLOs immediately. The process is organic, and it may take a while.

Top Open Source projects for SREs and DevOps

Building scalable and highly reliable software systems is the ultimate goal of every SRE out there. Follow the path of continuous learning with the help of our latest blog which outlines some of the most sought out open source projects in the monitoring, deployment & maintenance space. The path to becoming a successful SRE lies in continuous learning.

Curb alert noise for better productivity : How-To's and Best Practices

On the quest to provide the best uptime, software platforms depend on complex interconnected microservices. This often leaves them vulnerable to cascading failures creating a massive deluge of alerts from monitoring tools when things go wrong. In this blog, we explore how Squadcast can be configured to curb alert noise for better productivity with the help of the most advanced deduplication features.