operations
3 posts — newest first.
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Model end-of-life is a certificate expiry problem, and you already know how to solve it
Models retire on a schedule, the same model retires on different dates per platform, and 60 days' notice is a floor. Treat model EOL as inventory, not as news.
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Toil and the 50% rule — what it is, how to measure it, and how to kill it
A primer on toil — the manual, repetitive work that eats SRE teams. Google's six-part definition, the 50% cap, and how AI agents change the playbook.
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When NOT to Use AI in Production SRE
Most AI-for-SRE writing tells you where AI helps. Here are seven places it actively hurts — and the operational rule of thumb I use to decide.