Stephen Townshend's guest appearances

Stephen Townshend

PurePerformance

TestGuild Performance Testing and Site Reliability Podcast

Tammy Bütow

James Pulley

Roman Ferstl

Mark Tomlinson

Leandro Melendez

Henrik Rexed

Stefano Doni

Gene Kim

Sandeep Dinesh

Kelsey Hightower

Jonathan Wright

James Walker

Chris Morgan

Josh Long

Donovan Brown

OwlTail

For some out there SLOs (Service Level Objectives) are the silver bullet to building and operating reliable software. But nothing is as shiny on the inside as it looks on the outside.In this episode we invited Stephen Townshend, former Performance Engineer now converted to Site (Slight) Reliability. Stephen (@the_kiwi_sre) has experienced the tough side of establishing SLOs within an organization. It’s a constant battle between focusing on reliability and new features and a lack of change in culture.Listen in and learn about the 9 pre-requisites for SLOs that Stephen has identified such as: having a certain level of observability, define clear business objectives, define ownership and give autonomy or establishing a blameless cultureStephen on Linked inhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/stephentownshend/Stephen on Twitterhttps://twitter.com/the_kiwi_sreHere the additional resources we brought up during our talk:Slight Reliability YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/SlightReliabilitySlight Reliability Podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1698445Our LinkedIn discussion: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/scottmooreconsulting_7-steps-to-identify-and-implement-effective-activity-6938919857459462144--RI7LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephentownshend/Twitter: https://twitter.com/the_kiwi_sre

For some out there SLOs (Service Level Objectives) are the silver bullet to building and operating reliable software. But nothing is as shiny on the inside as it looks on the outside. In this episode we invited Stephen Townshend, former Performance Engineer now converted to Site (Slight) Reliability. Stephen (@the_kiwi_sre) has experienced the tough side of establishing SLOs within an organization. It’s a constant battle between focusing on reliability and new features and a lack of change in culture. Listen in and learn about the 9 pre-requisites for SLOs that Stephen has identified such as: having a certain level of observability, define clear business objectives, define ownership and give autonomy or establishing a blameless culture Stephen on Linked in <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephentownshend/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephentownshend/</a> Stephen on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/the_kiwi_sre" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/the_kiwi_sre</a> Here the additional resources we brought up during our talk: Slight Reliability YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/SlightReliability" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/c/SlightReliability</a> Slight Reliability Podcast: <a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1698445" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.buzzsprout.com/1698445</a> Our LinkedIn discussion: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/scottmooreconsulting_7-steps-to-identify-and-implement-effective-activity-6938919857459462144--RI7" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/posts/scottmooreconsulting_7-steps-to-identify-and-implement-effective-activity-6938919857459462144--RI7</a> LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephentownshend/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephentownshend/</a> Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/the_kiwi_sre" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/the_kiwi_sre</a>

The SLO Dilemma: Slight Reliability Discussions with Stephen Townshend

The way software is delivered has changed. We now release smaller changes more often – and we must adapt. In this episode, Stephen Townshend shares ways to simplify your performance testing efforts and adapt to more agile methods. Discover why simpler is better, and learn some tips to get more folks involved in the transition from performance testing to performance engineering.

The way software is delivered has changed. We now release smaller changes more often – and we must adapt. In this episode, Stephen Townshend shares ways to simplify your performance testing efforts and adapt to more agile methods. Discover why simpler is better, and learn some tips to get more folks involved in the transition from performance testing to performance engineering.

Simplified Performance Engineering with Stephen Townshend