Show Notes
This episode is stacked with information. You could even say “full stacked.” Sam has built and run some large scale systems as a SRE at Google, now building backend services at Budibase, and he spends his free time teaching others how systems work at understandable scale. We dive into what makes Google SRE different from other companies, what it’s like to be a parent, and how Sam got started with building animations for his blog. Don’t forget to visit and check out the easter eggs he’s hidden throughout.
Show Highlights 0:00 - Intro 2:00 - Sam’s background 6:00 - How Google did SRE 15:00 - Importance of docs 19:00 - The problems with Java 26:00 - Budibase 32:00 - Borg vs Kubernetes 39:00 - Building animations 46:00 - Being a better teacher 56:00 - Art in the age of AI 1:00:00 - What’s next
Links Referenced SRE book https://sre.google/books/ Sam’s Blog https://samwho.dev/ Budibase - https://budibase.com/ Bartosz Ciechanowski’s website - https://ciechanow.ski/ Life Animated book - https://www.amazon.com/Life-Animated-Sidekicks-Heroes-Autism/dp/1484741234 Andy Matuschak’s website - https://andymatuschak.org/ Southern California Linux Expo (SCaLE) - https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/22x
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