Google Public DNS (8.8.8.8) with Wilmer van der Gaast and Andy Sykes

Google Public DNS (8.8.8.8) with Wilmer van der Gaast and Andy Sykes

This episode features Google engineers Wilmer van der Gaast (Production on-tall) and Andy Sykes (Senior Staff Systems Engineer, SRE), joining hosts Steve McGhee and Jordan Greenberg, to discuss the development and maintenance of Google Public DNS (8.8.8.8). They highlight the initial motivations for creating the service, technical challenges like cache poisoning and load balancing, as well as the collaborative effort between SRE and SWE teams to address these issues. They also reflect on the evolving nature of SRE and advice for aspiring SREs.

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Life of An SRE Episode 1: Tom Cranitch and Megan Yin

Life of An SRE Episode 1: Tom Cranitch and Megan Yin

How does one become an SRE? And what's the career like? In this episode, Tom and Megan discuss their path to SRE.

12 Syys 202327min

Creating the SRE Prodcast with John Reese (JTR)

Creating the SRE Prodcast with John Reese (JTR)

Host MP English and former Google SRE John Reese (JTR) chat about the creation of the Prodcast. Visit https://sre.google/prodcast for transcripts and links to further reading. View transcript

7 Kesä 202210min

Postmortems with Ayelet Sachto

Postmortems with Ayelet Sachto

Ayelet Sachto offers advice on creating an actionable, transparent, and blameless postmortem culture. Visit https://sre.google/prodcast for transcripts and links to further reading. View transcript

31 Touko 202228min

Incident Management with Adrienne Walcer

Incident Management with Adrienne Walcer

Adrienne Walcer discusses how to approach and organize incident management efforts throughout the production lifecycle. Visit https://sre.google/prodcast for transcripts and links to further reading. ...

24 Touko 202239min

On-Call Rotations with Andrew Widdowson (APW)

On-Call Rotations with Andrew Widdowson (APW)

Andrew Widdowson (APW) shares strategies for successful on-call rotations. Visit https://sre.google/prodcast for transcripts and links to further reading. View transcript

17 Touko 202243min

Automation with Pierre Palatin

Automation with Pierre Palatin

Pierre Palatin dives into different automation strategies, how to build confidence in your system, and why designing the UI may be your biggest challenge. Visit https://sre.google/prodcast for transcr...

10 Touko 20221h

Client-Transparent Migrations with Pavan Adharapurapu

Client-Transparent Migrations with Pavan Adharapurapu

Pavan Adharapurapu details how to approach large-scale migrations while optimizing for user experience. Visit https://sre.google/prodcast for transcripts and links to further reading. View transcript

3 Touko 202240min

Rethinking SLOs with Narayan Desai

Rethinking SLOs with Narayan Desai

Narayan Desai explains why SLOs can be problematic and proposes alternative methods for monitoring complex, large-scale systems. Visit https://sre.google/prodcast for transcripts and links to further ...

26 Huhti 202225min