Cody Smith

Former Google SREs discuss site reliability engineering outside of Google. They talk about the transferability of knowledge and skills, implementing circuit breaking and throttling techniques for improved reliability, the importance of understanding system behavior and building trust, the concept of system thinking in SRE, advances in internet reliability and security challenges for SREs.

Cody Smith, CTO and co-founder of Camu Energy, spent over 14 years at Google and contributed to Maglev. Trisha Weir, with 21 years at Google, is an SRE Department Lead. They uncover the evolution of Maglev, a network load balancer essential for traffic management in data centers. Their discussion highlights the significance of psychological safety and collaboration in tech innovation. They also delve into challenges faced during system rollouts, debugging practices, and the shift from manual to automated network provisioning, showcasing a unique blend of technical and teamwork insights.