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“AI SRE” is everywhere right now — but what does it actually mean to automate reliability, and how far can we really take it? In this talk from Cloud Native Karlsruhe, I break down the hype around AI SRE by comparing it to a discipline that has already gone through decades of automation: autonomous driving. Just like cars combine deterministic systems (anti-lock brakes, gearboxes) with AI-driven ones (adaptive cruise control, lane keeping), reliability engineering needs the same nuanced mix — not a single LLM doing everything. ...

I am not a native English speaker and that’s why I used AI to answer your questions. I keep seeing this, or a version of it, on issues and PRs. Reading it over and over again, especially when written by first-time contributors, infuriates me, it triggers an irrational anger in me! I am also not a native English speaker, most of the other participants in this conversation aren’t either. ...

A while back I was exploring an open source project I was using, and interested in contributing to, as it provided capabilities I needed but missed some additional ones I wanted to have. Naturally, I was looking for a CONTRIBUTING.md. The file existed, but it only contained a note, that issues and PRs are accepted. While this is key information that belongs in this file, I was missing instructions on how to set up the repository, how to run tests, and what criteria I need to meet to increase my chances of having a PR accepted. ...