Jamie AllenHostile Forks — It’s All About The MoneyTo be clear, these are my personal opinions and do not represent the viewpoints of my current or former employers.Apr 181Apr 181
Jamie AlleninSite Reliability Engineering LeadershipSteel Threads — Turning Site Reliability Upside DownWhen most of us think about SRE, we think about hiring individual contributors who will help software engineers deliver more resilient…Feb 132Feb 132
Jamie AlleninSite Reliability Engineering LeadershipHow To Measure MTTx ValuesHat tip to fellow Facebook Production Engineering alum Amin Astaneh for reviewing this article and providing his feedback.Jan 12Jan 12
Jamie AlleninSite Reliability Engineering LeadershipThe Domain of FailureAs a software engineer, I was always interested in resilience and how we could build better software, and I think it was a big driver in…Aug 3, 2023Aug 3, 2023
Jamie AlleninSite Reliability Engineering LeadershipThe Single Pain of GlassHow do we create better dashboards?Apr 22, 20231Apr 22, 20231
Jamie AlleninSite Reliability Engineering LeadershipShifting Security More LeftThe idea of DevSecOps has existed for some time, where engineers are expected to incorporate security concerns at the time of development…Mar 24, 2023Mar 24, 2023
Jamie AlleninSite Reliability Engineering LeadershipShared On-Call Is Where the SRE Magic HappensTL;DR — Software engineers and SREs should share a single on-call rotation as part of a single team, as this is where empathy for each…Jan 3, 20231Jan 3, 20231
Jamie AlleninSite Reliability Engineering LeadershipSRE and ProductAs Site Reliability Engineers and leaders, it’s easy to get bogged down in the details of what we’re doing — are we releasing fast enough…Jul 10, 20221Jul 10, 20221
Jamie AlleninSite Reliability Engineering LeadershipExecutive Mandates, Visions and Strategies for SREI expect that someone has captured this concept into a formal business leadership process, but I’ve yet to run across it. Every executive…Jun 13, 2022Jun 13, 2022
Jamie AlleninSite Reliability Engineering LeadershipDriving Business Value Through SREI’ve had some experiences lately that made me think about what we’re trying to achieve as SRE leaders. In this space, it is very easy to be…Apr 22, 2022Apr 22, 2022
