Taming Tech Debt for Platform Reliability

Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) at Google is a job function, mindset, and set of engineering practices focused on ensuring the reliability, scalability, and efficiency of production systems. The term is created in the early 2000s.

This talk aims to reframe the conversation around technical debt. Rather than viewing it as a mere backlog of chores, I will present a methodical framework for identifying and prioritizing it as a strategic opportunity. Drawing from my experiences at various companies, including Google, I will share practical insights on how to transform tech debt from an impedance to a catalyst for organizational velocity. I will also discuss how to apply SRE principles to measure the reliability of infrastructure as we tackle technical debt and will be sharing a few anecdotes and practical methods to address this interesting problem with engineering and automation.

Speaker: saurabh Phaltane, Google

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