Ship It! Cloud, SRE, Platform Engineering

The infrastructure behind a PaaS

Jun 14, 2024

Anurag Goel, Render founder and CEO, discusses the infrastructure behind a PaaS. Topics include challenges in scaling infrastructure, managing Kubernetes clusters, open source contributions, and ensuring platform resilience. Emphasizing learning through problem solving, feedback loops, and adaptability in technology decision-making.

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Anurag Goel

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Quick takeaways

Render focuses on simplifying cloud operations for developers by providing higher-level products and features.

The importance of prioritizing customer needs to drive business decisions and enhance the user experience.

Emphasis on well-defined processes, observability, and proactive bug fixing for software disaster recovery scenarios.

Deep dives

Innovative User Feedback Feature at Sentry

Sentry's product manager, Jasmine Cassis, introduces a new user feedback feature allowing developers to collect user input efficiently. This feature bridges the gap between developers and end-users, capturing additional bugs like broken links or typos that may be missed by automated detection systems. The user feedback widget integrates with Sentry's rich debugging context and telemetry, providing detailed feedback, including session replays and screenshots.

Intro

5min

Building Render: A Platform for Streamlining Application Infrastructure Management

21min

Challenges of Building and Scaling a Platform

7min

Challenges and Solutions in Managing Kubernetes Clusters for Customer Relationships

21min

Emphasizing Learning Through Problem Solving and Feedback Loops in Engineering

4min

Contributing to Open Source Software and Multi-Tenancy Implementation

1min

Ensuring Infrastructure Resilience and Managing Platforms

16min

Emphasizing Open Source and Adaptability in Technology Decision-Making

3min

Render founder/CEO Anurag Goel joins us for a look behind their platform. An application native hosting option that hides the lower levels still requires a LOT of infrastructure.

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Featuring:

Anurag Goel – LinkedIn, X
Justin Garrison – GitHub, LinkedIn, X
Autumn Nash – GitHub, LinkedIn, X

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