Explore a 26-minute conference talk from LISA18 that delves into implementing Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) and DevOps principles in startup environments. Learn how Craig Sebenik from Split compares centralized support teams versus distributed teams that include developers. Discover the challenges of applying Google's SRE model to smaller-scale operations, and gain insights into the lessons learned and potential pitfalls when implementing either approach. Understand the differences between pure DevOps and specialist roles, hiring considerations, and the SRE hierarchy of reliability. Cover essential topics such as metrics and monitoring, incident response, release management, and capacity planning in the context of startups with limited resources.