USENIX Courses

Storytelling for Engineers

Explore effective communication techniques for engineers using storytelling frameworks. Learn to connect with audiences, deliver key information, and inspire action in technical settings.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Multi-Architecture Container Images - Why Bother, and How To

Explore multi-architecture container images: their importance, how registries handle them, and techniques for building cross-platform containers to ensure software compatibility across diverse CPU architectures.

• YouTube
• 38 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Creating a Distributed Round Robin Scheduler with Etcd

Explore the challenges and insights of building a distributed round-robin scheduler using etcd for persistence and consensus in this developer-focused journey.

• YouTube
• 38 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Sysadmins' Introduction to Vulnerability Scanning

Explore vulnerability scanning essentials for sysadmins, covering software vulnerabilities, networking, scanning tools, and server inspection. Learn how ops involvement can enhance overall security processes.

• YouTube
• 41 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

The Container Operator's Manual

Practical insights on container adoption in production environments, exploring advantages, challenges, and tradeoffs for engineers and organizations considering containerization at scale.

• YouTube
• 38 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Distributed Sys Teams

Practical advice on making remote work effective, based on a decade of experience. Explores the importance of distributed teams for system resilience and fostering global collaboration.

• YouTube
• 38 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

GitOps - An Elegant Tool for Hybrid Cloud Kubernetes

Explore GitOps for consistent application management across multiple Kubernetes clusters. Learn deployment, management, and migration techniques through live demonstrations.

• YouTube
• 32 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

The Map Is Not the Territory - How SLOs Lead Us Astray, and What We Can Do about It

Explore SLO limitations in complex services, understand failure modes, and learn best practices for robust SLO construction to improve reliability and decision-making in modern systems.

• YouTube
• 45 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Pushing through Friction

Strategies for engineering leaders to identify and overcome organizational friction, enhancing team efficiency and driving positive change in complex technical environments.

• YouTube
• 35 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

SRE in the Third Age

Explore the evolution of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) from its Google origins to widespread adoption, and ponder its future as the field matures and faces new challenges in the tech industry.

• YouTube
• 25 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Zero-Downtime Rebalancing and Data Migration of a Mature Multi-Shard Platform

Explore zero-downtime techniques for rebalancing and migrating data in multi-shard platforms, focusing on MySQL binlog-based tools for load distribution and tenant isolation.

• YouTube
• 39 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

The SRE I Aspire to Be

Explore the importance of high-quality reliability measurements in SRE, learn tips for effective implementation, and understand why it's crucial for engineering work in SRE organizations.

• YouTube
• 43 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Building a Scalable Monitoring System

Learn how to overhaul and centralize a complex monitoring system, creating a user-friendly solution that encourages developer engagement and continuous improvement.

• YouTube
• 27 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Latency SLOs Done Right

Explore effective methods for implementing Latency Service Level Objectives (SLOs), addressing common pitfalls in latency measurement and aggregation for improved service quality tracking.

• YouTube
• 27 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

More than Smart Speakers - Security and Privacy Perceptions of Smart Home Personal Assistants

Explores users' perceptions of security and privacy in smart home assistants, revealing incomplete mental models and limited understanding of data handling, leading to inadequate threat models and coping strategies.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk