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Catchpoint and Blameless have teamed up on this year’s SRE survey. They’ve sweetened the deal with two $5 donations to charity for every survey completed. Go do it!
  Kurt Andersen — Blameless
I sure miss the good old “checkmark-i” icon. Oh wait, no I don’t.
  Jeff Martens — Metrist
How can you handle failure gracefully? Click through for 6 strategies to consider.
  Boris Cherkasky — Riskified
Declaring the first incident when you start a new job can be intimidating, but it really shouldn’t be. Let’s look at some common fears, and work out how to address them.
  Isaac Seymour — incident.io
The incident involved fiber equipment failure and a suboptimal automated remediation.
  Google
This is a primer on Urgency and Impact in incidents, including the difference between them and how to use them.
  Noor-ul-Anam Ruqayya — Blameless
Running retrospectives on near-miss incidents can be highly valuable, as this article discusses.
  Vanessa Huerta Granda — Jeli
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