The future of software engineering is SRE

kept by eddie jan 30

As AI makes coding cheaper, operational excellence and reliability engineering become the key differentiator, shifting software engineering's focus from writing code to keeping it running.

The future of software engineering is SRE
As AI-generated code reduces the cost of writing software, the value of software engineering will shift to operational excellence, making SRE the most critical discipline.
also on #operations, #site-reliability-engineering, #software-engineering
Clopus-Watcher: An autonomous monitoring agent
The author demonstrates Claude Code running in a Kubernetes cronjob as an autonomous on-call agent that monitors pods, applies hotfixes, and documents incidents.
also on #site-reliability-engineering, Kubernetes, #developer-tools
How the Snowbird Ski Resort in Utah Readies the Slopes - The New York Times
A night crew at Snowbird Ski Resort in Utah works from dusk to dawn to groom and prepare the mountain for daily skiers and riders.
also on #operations
ADD / XOR / ROL: The missing OS
Large-scale distributed infrastructure lacks a complete datacenter OS analogous to a single-machine OS, with only fragmented proto-OS components existing today.
also on Kubernetes, Google
When does MCP make sense vs CLI?
The Hacker News discussion weighs the trade-offs between MCP and CLI for AI agent tool calling, finding that each has valid use cases depending on context.
also on Kubernetes, #software-engineering, #ai, #developer-tools