Uploaded December 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
In this insightful keynote, Vlad Cretu discusses how adopting a 'You Build It, You Run It' culture has significantly impacted the engineering leadership pathway at Sentry.
YBIYRI is a DevOps philosophy where developers take responsibility for the software they create throughout its entire lifecycle, including operation and maintenance.
It takes an opposite view on traditional engineering which separates Development from Operations.
By leveraging he YBIYRI culture, Vlad elucidates how an organization can effectively grow and develop its engineers.
00:00 Introduction and Personal Journey
00:30 Understanding 'You Build It, You Run It'
04:34 The Challenges of Implementing 'You Build It, You Run It'
06:13 Learning from Past Incidents
08:53 How we do YBIYRI at Sentry
13:51 Wrap Up - Accountability is the key
17:46 Q&A Session
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This talk was recorded at Elevate 2023, Plato's flagship engineering leadership conference hosted in San Francisco on Nov 7 and 8 2023.
In this insightful keynote, Vlad Cretu discusses how adopting a 'You Build It, You Run It' culture has significantly impacted the engineering leadership pathway at Sentry.
YBIYRI is a DevOps philosophy where developers take responsibility for the software they create throughout its entire lifecycle, including operation and maintenance.
It takes an opposite view on traditional engineering which separates Development from Operations.
By leveraging he YBIYRI culture, Vlad elucidates how an organization can effectively grow and develop its engineers.
00:00 Introduction and Personal Journey
00:30 Understanding 'You Build It, You Run It'
04:34 The Challenges of Implementing 'You Build It, You Run It'
06:13 Learning from Past Incidents
08:53 How we do YBIYRI at Sentry
13:51 Wrap Up - Accountability is the key
17:46 Q&A Session
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This talk was recorded at Elevate 2023, Plato's flagship engineering leadership conference hosted in San Francisco on Nov 7 and 8 2023.










