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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