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Published on Rootly
4 articles · Newest first- Observability
Alerting as Code: How Mistral AI Uses Terraform as the Source of Truth
How Mistral derives monitoring coverage and alert routing from Terraform configuration.
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When Nothing Changes and Everything Breaks: Why Machine Learning Fails Differently
What data drift and silent failures mean for monitoring machine learning in production.
Read on RootlyRootly - Platform engineering
Taming the Angry Intern: How AI is Reshaping Platform Engineering
The foundations and guardrails platform teams need when AI joins the workflow.
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Google SREs are changing the game again: a breakdown of their new approach
A look at Google’s use of control theory to reason about complex systems and prevent incidents.
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Published on The New Stack
4 articles · Newest first- Developer portals
The Secret to Successful Developer Portals: A Tailored Fit
Using custom Backstage plugins to fit a portal around the way your organization works.
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Backstage in Production: Considerations for Platform Teams
The setup, security, maintenance, and plugin decisions behind a production Backstage instance.
Read on The New StackThe New Stack - Software supply chain
Secure Your Software Supply Chain Through Backstage
Bringing security tools, safer templates, and adoption tracking into a developer portal.
Read on The New StackThe New Stack - Platform engineering
New to Platform Engineering? Try a Thin Self-Service Layer
Starting a platform by making existing capabilities easier for developers to use themselves.
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Conference talks
5 recordings · Newest first
TalkEmbedding Platform SREs: A Hybrid Model for Driving Adoption
SREcon Europe/Middle East/AfricaDublin, Ireland ·A hybrid approach that combines self-service reliability features with short-term SRE engagements inside feature teams, helping drive platform adoption and reduce operational load.
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TalkDriving Platform Adoption: Embedded SRE
SREday London (Q4)London, United Kingdom ·Leena Mooneeram and I discuss platform adoption, the relationship between SRE and platform engineering, and lessons from her experience at Chainalysis.
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TalkPortals and Platforms, Two Ps in a Pod? How Good Interfaces Make for Good Operability
Platform Engineering Day North AmericaSalt Lake City, Utah, USA ·Abby Bangser and I explore how developer portals and platform orchestration fit together, and what teams should expect from their interfaces as their platforms evolve.
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TalkTowards Great Documentation: Behind a CNCF-Led Docs Audit
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon EuropeParis, France ·Lessons from the CNCF-led audit and revamp of Backstage’s documentation: restructuring content, working with maintainers, and making a large open-source project easier to understand.
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PanelThe Platform Rock-Paper-Scissors: Build, Adopt, Buy
Platform Engineering Day EuropeParis, France ·A panel on choosing what to build, adopt, or buy for an internal platform, with practical tradeoffs around budgets, vendor lock-in, licensing, and ongoing maintenance.
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