The Work of Building for Other Engineers: Platform & SRE Mindset
Recently, I’ve seen this thread on subreddit, and got inspired.
What do you wish someone told you when you became a SRE/Platform/DevOps engineer?
In this post, I reflect on what it really means to be a software engineer who builds for other engineers. I share stories from my early career, key mindset shifts from SRE and platform work, and three human-centered principles that can help you become a multiplier in your organization.
Three Guiding Lights on Sustaining Resilience
When it comes to building reliability and resilience, there’s no perfect checklist. But there are a few grounding ideas I keep coming back to, especially when things get messy.
In this post, I share three principles that continue to guide my work: focusing on what really matters to users, creating psychological safety around failure, and letting incidents shape what we learn and prioritize.