We all want a reliable service, and we've all heard things like "circuit breaking", "throttling", and "traffic management" will help. But what do these things really mean, and how do they make our systems reliable as they scale?

Unlike poetry, learning from incidents is rarely done by rote, but in this case we'll make an exception.

Are you a software engineering director in charge of some Site Reliability Engineers (SRE) and wondering what they’re doing - or should do? Then read on!

What could be simpler than a health check endpoint that just returns a HTTP 200 when called? But health checks aren’t simple at all. Health checks are a critical signal in orchestration systems, and when things go wrong, they can cause havoc.

What do you do when the graph doesn't go up and to the right? Welcome to the doldrums. SREing in challenging times, from Tiarnán

The SRE Book did a lot of things. Were enough of them good?

Maybe every incident isn't a unique snowflake, and maybe that's ok.

Niall reflects on his first time as co-chair of SREcon Europe.

Systems are held together by the teams and human beings supporting them. What happens when that's suddenly disrupted?

Our intrepid reporter plunges into the mix of founders, investors and sales that was SaaStock.

Wondering how to handle an overwhelming amount of alerts? Not sure where to start to get them cleaned up? Some tips from Tiarnán.

We’re not so different, you and I: When an SRE visits a JavaScript conference.

In 2022 we have tools we couldn’t have dreamed of ten years ago, but despite all these tools and services, most organizations running large production software systems still experience challenges.

Learn about Stanza - why we formed the company and what we are looking forward to doing.