How can performance engineers and site reliability engineers (SRE) work together for the common goal of making software better, faster, and more efficient? Performance engineering and site reliability engineering are both valuable roles in today’s IT world, and they can work together to mitigate risks and plan for new technology solutions. Scott Moore interviews Stephen Townshend, the host of “Slight Reliability”. They discuss the differences and commonalities of performance engineering and site reliability engineering. Stephen discusses his transition from one to the other and what he has learned.
Guest: Stephen Townshend
https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephentownshend/
Key Video Insights on Site Reliability Verses Performance Engineering
🌍 The debate between performance engineering and site reliability engineering raises questions about the need for both roles in today’s IT world.
🤔 “I found myself being pigeonholed into running load tests for projects right and there’s nothing wrong with that but then I could see other opportunities or areas where we could probably do something else which would have a much bigger impact.” – Stephen Townshend
🤔 The complexity of setting up observability in modern software development is a point of contention between performance engineers and SREs.
🤝 Both SRE and performance engineers have valuable skill sets and can work hand in hand to mitigate risks and plan for new technology solutions.Support the SMC Journal. Buy Me A Coffee: https://bit.ly/smcjournalcoffee
Show Notes on Site Reliability
Slight Reliability show
https://slightreliability.com/
Podcast on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/SlightReliability
It is also available on many other podcasting platforms, including Apple, Spotify, and Buzzsprout.
Check out this other episode on Site Reliability Engineering
Sponsors
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