SLO & Reliability Practical By Samson Tanimawo, PhD Published Jan 27, 2026 4 min read

SLO Stakeholder Conversations

Talking SLOs with non-technical stakeholders.

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'99.9%' = ~43 minutes per month of acceptable issues.

Concrete.

Trade-offs

Higher SLO = more engineering investment.

Cost is real.

Budget framing

Error budget = how much risk we can take.

Drives priorities.