This document discusses the roles and responsibilities of a site reliability engineer. It also touches on some common misconceptions about what they do from different perspectives like friends, family and developers. Additionally, it explores using open source software in enterprises and lessons learned from launches. Lastly, it examines concepts like patches over time, cost of merging, and moving projects in the right direction.

4. S I T E
R E L I A B I L I T Y
E N G I N E E R

6. What my friends think I do

7. What my friends think I do What my mum thinks I do

8. What my friends think I do What my mum thinks I do What society think I do

9. What my friends think I do What my mum thinks I do What society think I do
What developers think I do

10. What my friends think I do What my mum thinks I do What society think I do
What developers think I do What I think I do

11. What my friends think I do What my mum thinks I do What society think I do
What developers think I do What I think I do What I really do

13. U S I N G O P E N S O U R C E I N
E N T E R P R I S E S

14. A H A R D E A R N E D
L E S S O N

16. L A U N C H

17. A N D I T I S G O N E

21. E V E RY T H I N G I S
A W E S O M E

22. U N I C O R N S A N D
R A I N B O W S ?

26. Patches
Time

27. Patchesvscostofmerging
Time

29. Patchesvscostofmergingvsupstreamcost
Time

31. D I R E C T I O N

32. M O V I N G FA S T

33. D I Y

34. S H A R I N G