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Jim Brikman is a Terraform (IaC tool) consultant who learned a few interesting things from writing 300,000 lines of IaC code alongside many teams that…

Mar 29

You probably already know the two key aspects of IAC: (1) imperative vs declarative code and (2) immutable vs mutable infrastructure. Let's dig right…

Mar 15

So many hyphens! And there go half my subscribers :) But seriously, at some point, you may need to push for the benefits of infrastructure-as-code (IaC…

Mar 8

SRE has a vernacular that can take a while for newbies and non-tech stakeholders (e.g. management) to get a grip of. So I'll cover key terms in…

Mar 1

As a generative leader and mental health advocate, I am sick of seeing such a morbid term being thrown around for what should be a learning experience…

Feb 22

You may have interpreted from the above title that: Agile needs SRE and And SRE needs agile Well, it’s not a binary for both situations. So let's modify…

Jan 19

👋 Hey friend, Ash here coming to you loud and clear in 2022. Doesn’t that sound strange to say? 20-22. Wow. First of all, I would like to welcome a…

Jan 3

I asked a bunch of digital friends who happen to be SREs and DevOps Engineers what they do to pull off the DevOps philosophy in their teams. What I…

Oct 29, 2021

Get briefed on the learning modality that can help you stay on top of complex software systems

Oct 19, 2021

Here are 3 traits that I think can make an SRE leader highly effective: Thinking beyond the current Sprint. Whether or not you work in Sprints, your…

Oct 12, 2021

Cloud-based technology is fast becoming critical to how healthcare professionals serve patients. SRE could prove the key to helping health-tech achieve…

Oct 5, 2021

SRE is a broad, overarching responsibility that needs a multitude of role considerations to pull off properly. It is not a monolithic role where all…

Sep 28, 2021

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