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The most important aspect of software monitoring

The most important aspect of software monitoring

Ths single most important thing to get better at your software monitoring journey

Aniket Rao

A checklist to choose a monitoring system

A checklist to choose a monitoring system

A detailed checklist of points you should consider before choosing a monitoring system

Prathamesh Sonpatki

The unresolved cost of High Cardinality

The unresolved cost of High Cardinality

Fulfill all your food delivery orders this December 31st by taming High Cardinality data with Levitate 😉

Prathamesh Sonpatki

This arctic winter — time to repay your tech debt

This arctic winter — time to repay your tech debt

We're in a peak tech winter. What should engineering teams focus on when product velocity dwindles?

Ajey Gore

A case for Observability outside engineering teams

A case for Observability outside engineering teams

Observability is being built by engineers for engineers. In reality, o11y is for all.

Aniket Rao

Observability is a practice, not a job

Observability is a practice, not a job

Engineering organizations that ship fast have Observability as part of their core DNA.

Aniket Rao

SRE vs Platform Engineering

SRE vs Platform Engineering

What's the difference between SREs and Platform Engineers? How do they differ in their daily tasks?

Last9

SRE vs DevOps

SRE vs DevOps

What's the difference between SREs and DevOps professionals? How do they differ in their daily tasks?

Last9

High Cardinality for Dummies: ELI5

High Cardinality for Dummies: ELI5

High Cardinality woes are far & frequent in today's modern cloud-native environment. What does it mean, & why is it such a pressing problem?

Mohan Dutt Parashar

Who should define Reliability —  Engineering, or Product?

Who should define Reliability — Engineering, or Product?

Whoever owns Reliability should define its parameters. But who owns the Reliability of a Product? Engineering? Product Management? Or the Customer success team?

Piyush Verma

What do self-driving cars tell us about Site Reliability Engineering?

What do self-driving cars tell us about Site Reliability Engineering?

From Robocars to Reliability — SRE with self-driving cars; mapping out where the Observability space is in conjunction with self-driving cars

Mohan Dutt Parashar

What is MTBI?

What is MTBI?

Everything you need to know about Mean Time Between Incidents (MTBI) and how it can help Site Reliability Engineers

Last9

SLA vs SLO vs SLI - What's the difference

SLA vs SLO vs SLI - What's the difference

SLAs, SLOs, and SLIs—what’s the difference? For DevOps folks, understanding these nuances is key. Here's a quick guide to each term.

Last9

The importance of structured communication in the world of SRE

The importance of structured communication in the world of SRE

How you communicate helps build your 9s. In the world of Site Reliability Engineering, this is crucial. How do you do it?

Saurabh Hirani

The difference between DevOps, SRE, and Platform Engineering

The difference between DevOps, SRE, and Platform Engineering

In reliability engineering, three concepts keep getting talked about - DevOps, SRE and Platform Engineering. How do they differ?

Prathamesh Sonpatki

Introduction to DORA Metrics

Introduction to DORA Metrics

DORA metrics, what they are, why they are important, and best practices for measuring them.

Prathamesh Sonpatki

Battling Alert Fatigue

Battling Alert Fatigue

What is Alert Fatigue and techniques to reduce it

Last9

Challenges of Distributed Tracing

Challenges of Distributed Tracing

What are the challenges, benefits and use cases of distributed tracing?

Last9

Latency is the new downtime

Latency is the new downtime

In the early days of Google, a lot of users were asking for 30 results on the first page of search results. So after long deliberation, Marissa Mayer, then the Product Manager for google.com, decided to run the A/B test for ten vs 30 results. When the results came in, they were in for a surprise.

Sahil Khan

We’ve raised a $11M Series A led by Sequoia Capital India!

We’ve raised a $11M Series A led by Sequoia Capital India!

Exciting news! We've secured an $11M Series A funding round led by Sequoia Capital India to fuel our growth and innovation at Last9!

Nishant Modak

How to Improve On-Call Experience!

How to Improve On-Call Experience!

Better practices and tools for management of on-call practices

Prathamesh Sonpatki

Running a Database on EC2 is Slowing It Down

Running a Database on EC2 is Slowing It Down

Learn everything about the advantages of EC2, it's use cases and how to optimize EC2 further.

Jayesh Bapu Ahire, Akshay Chugh

The most interesting talks from SRECon 2021!

The most interesting talks from SRECon 2021!

SRECon, hosted by USENIX, focuses on site reliability and systems engineering at scale. Discover highlights from the most interesting talks at SRECon 2021.

Akshay Chugh

Microservices - Tracking Dependencies

Microservices - Tracking Dependencies

Quick primer into microservices architecture and the importance of tracking dependencies

Akshay Chugh, Jayesh Bapu Ahire

Monorepos - The Good, Bad, and Ugly

Monorepos - The Good, Bad, and Ugly

Explore the pros and cons of monorepos, including their benefits, challenges, and potential pitfalls for managing large codebases.

Prathamesh Sonpatki