New Google SRE book: Building Secure and Reliable Systems (landing.google.com)

Article summary

Google has released a new book titled 'Building Secure and Reliable Systems' as part of its Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) resources. The book shares best practices from Google experts on designing scalable and reliable systems that are fundamentally secure. The SRE resources also include a video gallery, workbooks, and other books on the topic. These resources aim to help organizations improve their system reliability and security.

Main themes

• Site Reliability Engineering
• System Security
• Reliability and Uptime
• Error Budgets
• Google Cloud Platform
• DevOps and SRE
• System Design and Implementation
• Recruiting and Training

What commenters say

• The timing of the book's release is ironic given the recent Google Cloud Platform outages.
• The book's principles are useful, but the execution and perception of reliability can vary depending on the user's experience.
• The concept of error budgets and not chasing extreme uptime is a valid approach to system reliability.
• Some commenters find the SRE books to be too lengthy or dense, and are looking for more digestible resources.
• The SRE approach is seen as a valuable framework for building secure and reliable systems, but its implementation can be challenging.
• The recent outages affecting Google Cloud Platform services have led to questions about the effectiveness of Google's SRE practices.
• Alternative resources, such as the DevOps Handbook, are also available for learning about reliable system design.
• The SRE books are seen as a recruiting strategy and a way to create a need for more SRE professionals.