SRE Resources

Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) is where software engineering meets operations. This is my personal curated collection of SRE-related resources that I'm constantly referring to. Whether you're just starting your SRE journey or looking to deepen your expertise, you'll certainly find something valuable here.

Books

Essential Reading

  • Site Reliability Engineering: How Google Runs Production Systems by Betsy Beyer, Chris Jones, Jennifer Petoff & Niall Murphy
    • Free online version available here.
    • Paperback and Kindle version available here.
  • The Site Reliability Workbook by Betsy Beyer, Niall Murphy, David K. Rensin, Kent Kawahara & Stephen Thorne
    • Free online version available here.
    • Paperback and Kindle version available here.
  • Implementing Service Level Objectives by Alex Hidalgo
    • Paperback and Kindle version available here.

Advanced Topics

  • Database Reliability Engineering by Laine Campbell & Charity Majors
      • Paperback and Kindle version available here.
  • Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture by Martins Fowler
      • Paperback and Kindle version available here.
  • Building Secure and Reliable Systems by Heather Adkins, Betsy Beyer, Paul Blankinship, Piotr Lewandowski, Ana Oprea, Adam Stubblefield
      • Paperback and Kindle version available here.

GitHub Repositories

Blogs & Websites

  • Google SRE Blog - sre.google/blog
    • First-hand insights from Google's SRE teams
    • Case studies and best practices
  • Netflix Technology Blog - netflixtechblog.com
    • Deep dives into Netflix's reliability practices
    • Particularly strong on chaos engineering and scale
  • Stripe Engineering Blog - stripe.com/blog/engineering
    • Excellent posts on building reliable payment systems
    • Focus on operational excellence
  • SRE Weekly - sreweekly.com
    • Weekly compilation of great articles on various SRE topics.
  • High Scalability - highscalability.com
    • Case studies and first-hand insights from big-techs

Communities & Forums

Discussion Platforms

  • r/sre - reddit.com/r/sre
    • Active community of SRE practitioners
    • Regular discussions on tools, practices, and career growth

Conferences

Last updated: October 2024