The One With Shannon Brady and Operating Systems
Google SRE Prodcast28 Tammi

The One With Shannon Brady and Operating Systems

In this episode of the Prodcast, guest Shannon Brady speaks with hosts Jordan Greenberg and Florian Rathgeber about managing Google's vast fleet of internal devices. Shannon explains how Google's Linux platform uses core SRE principles—specifically testing, canarying, and monitoring—for weekly stage rollouts of its Debian-based distribution. Configuration is efficiently managed using Puppet to ensure the right setup for a diverse user base. The conversation pivots to "the year of Linux everything," underscoring its widespread adoption. Discussing AI, Shannon identifies its greatest utility for SREs in rapidly analyzing signals and generating complex queries to resolve outages. This episode reinforces that practicing SRE fundamentals is paramount, demonstrating that you can be an SRE at heart, regardless of your official title.

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The One With Data Centers and Peter Pellerzi

The One With Data Centers and Peter Pellerzi

This episode features guest, Peter Pellerzi (Distinguished Engineer, Google). Peter and the hosts, Matt Siegler and Steve McGhee, focus on the physical infrastructure side of SRE, discussing topics su...

28 Touko 202536min

The One With Security and Jessica Theodat

The One With Security and Jessica Theodat

Jessica Theodat (Senior SRE & Security Tech Lead, Google) joins hosts Jordan Greenberg and Steve McGhee to discuss the intersection of security and site reliability engineering at Google. Jessica touc...

21 Touko 202519min

We're back with Season 4!

We're back with Season 4!

In this "bumpisode", hosts and producers of Prodcast (including our new co-host, Matt Siegler!) reflect on the previous season and introduce the new season's focus on upcoming trends in Site Reliabili...

16 Huhti 202515min

Special Episode: You Missed a Page from Telebot

Special Episode: You Missed a Page from Telebot

This episode features Javi Beltran, a Google engineering lead who created the "Telebot" theme song. With our beloved hosts, Steve McGhee and Jordan Greenberg, Beltran discusses the origins of the song...

29 Tammi 202516min

Imperative vs. Declarative Change Workflows with Dominic Hutton & Niccolo' Cascarano

Imperative vs. Declarative Change Workflows with Dominic Hutton & Niccolo' Cascarano

In this episode of the Prodcast, guests Dominic Hutton (Staff SRE, HashiCorp) and Niccolo' Cascarano (Senior Staff SRE at Google) join hosts Steve McGhee and Jordan Greenberg to dive into configuratio...

11 Joulu 202436min

Human Factors in Complex Systems with Casey Rosenthal and John Allspaw

Human Factors in Complex Systems with Casey Rosenthal and John Allspaw

This episode features Casey Rosenthal (Founder, Cirrusly.ai) and John Allspaw (Founder and Principal, Adaptive Capacity Labs), joining our hosts Steve McGhee and Jordan Greenberg. Together they discus...

4 Joulu 202441min

Embracing Complexity with Christina Schulman & Dr. Laura Maguire

Embracing Complexity with Christina Schulman & Dr. Laura Maguire

In this episode of the Prodcast, we are joined by guests Christina Schulman (Staff SRE, Google) and Dr. Laura Maguire (Principal Engineer, Trace Cognitive Engineering). They emphasize the human elemen...

20 Marras 202433min

Maglev: load balancing at Google with Cody Smith and Trisha Weir

Maglev: load balancing at Google with Cody Smith and Trisha Weir

In this episode, Cody Smith (CTO and Co-founder, Camus Energy) & Trisha Weir (SRE Department Lead, Google) join hosts Steve McGhee and Jordan Greenberg, to discuss their experience developing Maglev, ...

13 Marras 202432min