WTF SRE is Not

This month, we continue to unveil the power of SRE before our upcoming, in-person WTF is SRE? conference. The schedule is live so check it out and get your tickets today!

In this month’s Hacking the Org podcast, Google SRE, Jennifer Mace, discusses everything SRE with Charles Humble; from the tech giant’s SRE Mission Control to advice for junior engineers facing their first incident. Meanwhile Laura Nolan offers an entertaining and step-by-step approach to more useful and readable incident reviews. 

With the buzz surrounding IDPs, where does that leave DevOps? Jennifer Riggins investigates what an IDP is and what it absolutely isn't. Julien Sudan offers to ease pain—and promote flow—for coders (and anyone sitting at a computer for a little too long) with insights on ergonomics and tried-and-tested mechanical keyboards.

Ian Miell explores the difference between declarative and imperative programming—and seeks to prove a point— by highlighting “degrees of declarativeness” with examples from Terraform, Pulumi, SQL, and YAML. And for the engineers who shudder at the thought of SecOps coming up in meetings, Ian also offers an accessible guide to software security and why prioritising a security mindset from the start goes hand-in-hand with coding best practices. Finally, Jonathan Haines zooms in on the financial services sector, exploring regulatory power over big cloud providers as the industry expects the EU’s DORA (Digital Operational Resilience Act) to come into force in early 2025.