About Paul
J. Paul analyzes complex software delivery and operational systems, providing unique business insight to technology leaders.
J. Paul Reed started his career as a build/release and productivity engineer, working with such storied organizations VMware, Mozilla, and Symantec.
Today, J. Paul is an internationally recognized speaker and author on software delivery, DevOps, incident response and management, and applied Resilience Engineering.
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A Decade of Blame Awareness
October 13, 2026
Implementing “blame aware” varies wildly... and can be surprising
Read more.Reflection on SREcon 2026
April 6, 2026
Four themes from this year's premier gathering of site reliability engineers!
Read more.Adapting to the Moment
January 26, 2026
I finally realized what this moment was stirring up for me: it’s reminding me of the first weeks of COVID lockdowns.
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