Akash SaxenaSRE PlaybookYour platform doesn’t need you to be a helicopter, free it, let it be independent. Building blocks of how to raise your SRE game.8 min read·Oct 30, 2023----
Akash Saxenainlast9Observability — That Last 9TL;DR: A stitch in time, saves 9. A discussion on the key blocks of observability.4 min read·Sep 30, 2022----
Akash SaxenaValue Streams — Notes on Planning with OKR’sTL;DR: Planning is hard, what is helping lately is to zero down on identifying value streams, ascribing a metric and then asking…3 min read·Jul 14, 2022--1--1
Akash SaxenaCricket & Agile Software DeliveryTldr; Ever since the Indian men’s cricket team pulled off an improbable, once in a generation heist, I couldn’t help but find parallels to…7 min read·Feb 9, 2021----
Akash SaxenainDisney+ HotstarScaling the Hotstar Platform for 50MTL;DR; Hotstar is the home of Indian cricket and scale. However, it’s not rocket science, we did use some rocket metaphors! While we…6 min read·Oct 1, 2019--1--1
Akash SaxenainDisney+ HotstarBig Million Day — 5.5M Peak ConcurrencyThe Hotstar team celebrated an amazing milestone on Apr 10, 2018. The game was CSK v/s KKR and the buzz in our control room was palpable…2 min read·Apr 12, 2018----
Akash SaxenainDisney+ HotstarMachine Learning at Hotstar — Keynote Amazon AI Conclave Dec 20171 min read·Mar 16, 2018----
Akash SaxenainDisney+ HotstarHotstar : Google Play Most Entertaining App 2017It’s always special to be recognized. We’re over the moon about being recognized by Google as Google Play Best Of 2017 (Most Entertaining)…2 min read·Dec 15, 2017--2--2