SRE Practices
SRE (Site Reliability Engineering) Practices are a set of principles and methodologies developed by Google to ensure the reliability, scalability, and efficiency of large-scale software systems. They combine software engineering and operations to manage services by defining service level objectives (SLOs), error budgets, and automating operational tasks. This approach focuses on balancing the need for new features with system stability through data-driven decision-making.
Developers should learn SRE Practices when working on production systems that require high availability, such as cloud services, e-commerce platforms, or financial applications, to minimize downtime and improve user experience. It is particularly useful for teams adopting DevOps, as it provides concrete frameworks for measuring reliability and automating incident response, helping to reduce manual toil and prevent burnout.