Finding Network Misconfigurations by Automatic Template Inference
Automated outlier detection technique for network configurations, inferring templates to identify likely errors without explicit specifications. Applicable to complex elements like ACLs and route policies.
Firecracker - Lightweight Virtualization for Serverless Applications
Explore Firecracker, a lightweight VMM for serverless applications, offering strong security and minimal overhead. Learn about its design, deployment, and impact on AWS Lambda and Fargate services.
DC-Store - Eliminating Noisy Neighbor Containers Using Deterministic I/O Performance and Resource Isolation
Explore a storage framework offering deterministic I/O performance in multi-container environments, eliminating noisy neighbor issues through hardware and software innovations.
Pulling the Puppet Strings with Ansible
Explore Red Hat IT's journey from Puppet to Ansible for configuration management, discussing migration strategies, challenges, and lessons learned in adopting a more flexible and scalable solution.
When -bin-sh Attacks - Revisiting "Automate All the Things"
Explores human factors in automation, challenges for system administrators, and strategies for coping with complex socio-technical systems. Discusses resilience, expertise development, and the ironies of automation.
Off the Beaten Path - Moving Observability Focus from Your Service to Your Customer
Explore shifting observability focus to customer experience, enhancing service reliability through direct engagement, innovative tools, and rethinking performance metrics for improved user satisfaction.
Deep Dive into Kubernetes Internals for Builders and Operators
Explore Kubernetes internals, components, and communication for operators. Learn about control plane, kube-proxy, CNI plugins, and cluster setup through live demonstrations and practical insights.
Why Are Distributed Systems So Hard?
Explore distributed systems' challenges, from CAP theorem myths to network partitions. Learn consensus algorithms, system design for adaptability, and strategies to mitigate risks in distributed computing.
What Happens When You Type en.wikipedia.org
Explore Wikipedia's server-side architecture, from routers to microservices, and learn how open-source technologies power one of the world's top websites.
Building Blocks of Distributed Systems - Parts 1 & 2
Interactive class exploring orchestration, load balancing, databases, and storage in distributed systems. Covers key concepts and design principles for large data processing pipelines through collaborative exercises.
BASTION - A Security Enforcement Network Stack for Container Networks
Innovative security enforcement network stack for containers, enhancing visibility and isolation while improving performance. Mitigates attacks and optimizes inter-container communication.
Managing ML Models at Scale - Intuit’s ML Platform
Explore Intuit's ML Platform for scalable, secure model lifecycle management using GitOps, SageMaker, Kubernetes, and Argo Workflows. Learn about feature management, cost optimization, and enterprise-level ML model deployment.
Ten Persistent SRE Antipatterns - Pitfalls on the Road to a Successful SRE Program
Explore common pitfalls in Site Reliability Engineering and learn strategies to build successful SRE programs, drawing insights from industry leaders like Netflix and Google.
Building Service Ownership Using Documentation, Telemetry, and a Chance to Make Things Better
Explore strategies for building distributed service ownership in software teams, focusing on documentation, telemetry, and empowering teams to drive improvements in system reliability and performance.
Identifying Hidden Dependencies
Discover how Honeycomb improved system reliability through intentional node termination, uncovering bugs and progressing towards continuous experimentation for enhanced resilience and scalability.
Continuously Improving Culture through Design Decisions
Explore how technical decisions shape DevOps culture, focusing on Two Sigma's COIN platform. Learn strategies for fostering collaboration, innovation, and community in tech environments.
Avoiding Goodhart's Law - Use SLOs as Tools Not Cudgels
Explore how to effectively use SLIs, SLOs, and Error Budgets as tools for balanced risk management and productive conversations, rather than punitive measures in SRE practices.
It's a Trap! How Abstractions Have Failed Us
Explores how excessive abstraction in tech can lead to complexity, loss of foundational knowledge, and disconnection from original problems. Offers insights on balancing abstraction with practicality.
Automatically Detect the Top Performance & Scalability Issues in Distributed Architectures
Explore common performance patterns in distributed systems and learn automated detection techniques using CNCF's Keptn project for CI/CD pipelines, focusing on SLI/SLO-based quality gates.
Challenges of Starting an SRE Team from Scratch in an Enterprise
Insights on building an SRE team in a large enterprise, addressing challenges, establishing standards, and focusing on business priorities like security and cloud cost control.
When - Bin - Sh Attacks - Revisiting Automate All the Things
Explores challenges and impacts of pervasive automation in SRE, discussing human factors, potential harm, and strategies for effective implementation in complex socio-technical systems.