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How to Measure the Real Impact of Developer Productivity Initiatives?
From hype to real data: A comprehensive approach to measuring AI's effectiveness in software engineering and team productivity.
Rely’s hub to learn platform engineering and SRE best practices
We’re building the best internal developer portal for your whole organization to that provides automated visibility into your inventory of services and user journeys quality in real time.

How to Measure the Real Impact of Developer Productivity Initiatives?
From hype to real data: A comprehensive approach to measuring AI's effectiveness in software engineering and team productivity.

How to Unlock Engineering Excellence with Centralized Metrics
In today’s digital world, access to accurate data is crucial. This post explores how Rely.io simplifies metric collection and transforms metrics into actionable insights.

How to Structure, Set Up, and Conduct an Effective Engineering Operational Review
Engineering operational reviews are critical for aligning engineering efforts with business objectives, evaluating team performance, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

Introducing Engineering Performance - Boost Team Productivity with Intelligent Engineering Metrics
After extensive customer collaboration, we're excited to introduce new Engineering Performance capabilities that help teams measure, optimize, and improve their development workflows.

Rely.io Update Roundup - December 2024
As we wrap up the year, our focus this December has been on enhancing usability, delivering deeper insights, and expanding the power of Rely.io with new capabilities.

Why does improving Engineering Performance feel broken?
Improving engineering performance often feels broken due to challenges like misaligned goals and resistance to change. Explore insights and strategies to effectively enhance performance and foster growth.
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Top Backstage alternatives
The top alternatives and respective trade-offs to the traditional IDP experience offered by Spotify's Backstage
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Rely.io Update Roundup - November 2024
This month, we've made Rely.io more efficient and insightful for developers and teams, adding new features that enhance engineering performance tracking, improve usability, and expand our plugin ecosystem.
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Rely.io Update Roundup - October 2024
This month, we focused on making Rely.io more flexible, secure, and insightful. New integrations, improved dashboards and an enhanced authentication journey.
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Internal Developer Portals: Autonomy, Governance and the Golden Path
Explore how to empower development teams by balancing autonomy and governance, enhancing productivity, and enforcing standards with Internal Developer Portals
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How Amplemarket increased their product velocity and drove operational excellence with Rely.io
See how Amplemarket - an AI-powered sales platform that helps B2B companies engage with their ideal customers - improved their operational excellence with Rely.io's Software Catalog and Scorecards
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Rely.io September 2024 Product Update Roundup
We’ve delivered several enhancements focused on simplifying onboarding, increasing transparency, and improving the out-of-the-box value of our platform.
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Announcing our free trial plan
We've listened to our customers and now everyone can experience Rely.io with a 15-day free trial—no credit card required. Sign up today and discover how we can transform your organization's workflow, allowing you to focus on what truly matters.

Rely.io Update Roundup - August 2024
In our largest release to date, we've focused on three key areas: enhancing developer autonomy and productivity, delivering more profound data insights, and offering improved visualization and customization options.

Rely.io Update Roundup - July 2024
We've introduced several exciting features and improvements designed to enhance your experience when navigating Rely.io and interacting with your Software Catalog.

What are Day 1 and Day 2 Operations for Platform Engineers
For technical leaders, platform and DevOps engineers, mastering both day 1 and day 2 operations is crucial for ensuring smooth operations.
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Rely.io Update Roundup - June 2024
We focused on enhancing data management and the user experience built on top of it (thanks to Source Management) as well as users enablement with a completely revamped documentation portal.

How to Implement Developer Self-Service Successfully
Developer self-service empowers developers to build and manage their services and resources independently from DevOps, accelerating development cycles without any compromises on quality or standards.

The ultimate guide to DORA metrics
As platform engineers, DevOps engineers, and technical leaders, embracing DORA metrics can propel your teams towards operational excellence and streamlined processes.

Rely.io Update Roundup - May 2024
With the May releases, developers can better plan and prioritize their daily work and contribute to meaningfully improve their team’s velocity.

Introducing Rely’s Homepage
We're thrilled to announce the launch of Rely.io Homepage, a brand new feature that personalizes your Rely experience and empowers you to hit the ground running with your development tasks.

How to improve your Software Delivery Lifecycle
Understanding and optimizing each phase of the SDLC can lead to faster delivery times, higher-quality products, and more satisfied customers.
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Minimize Context Switching for Software Engineers
With Rely's Internal developer portal, engineering leaders can customize dedicated homepages for every service, team, or resource, streamlining workflows and enhancing productivity.
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Breaking Down Knowledge Silos
Knowledge silos, or "tribal knowledge," occur when a small number of people, potentially even one person, possess all the knowledge about a specific topic or practice

Scorecards in Platform Engineering
Scorecards can convert complex objectives into clear, measurable outcomes which help align the entire team around a common goal.

Rely.io Update Roundup - April 2024
April has been focused on follow-up on key features like Leaderboards for Scorecards & more, overall improvements to the apps performance.

Introducing Dashboards
Dashboards in Rely allow your engineering teams to create and consume views that best tell the story and have answers for the use cases they care about

Product Roundup - March 2024
March has been a particularly busy month at Rely with the introduction of no less than five major features.

Migrate from Backstage to Rely.io
Backstage tries to solve the “big infrastructure problem” with a platform that aims to collect all your resources under a single roof but has some shortcomings that Rely.io solves effortlessly

Update Roundup - February 2024
To help you stay informed, we're launching Rely’s Update Roundup, a monthly series summarizing the latest changes between installments.

Building a business case for an Internal Developer Portal
We’re diving into the ‘nitty-gritty’ of putting together the actual business case for your IDP.

Introducing Rely.io’s Internal Developer Portal
Working hand in hand with our users, we have embraced the challenge, adapted roadmaps and co-built an answer to this pain point: we are introducing today Rely’s Internal Developer Portal
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How do I convince my boss I need an Internal Developer Portal?
How to affect change in your organization by Empowering Engineers with IDPs
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The definitive guide for engineering teams to improve their Developer Experience (DevEx)
We’ll explore why DevEx matters to your organization, how to define and measure it, the role of internal developer portals and reliability engineering practices, and give you practical recommendations.
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The Ultimate Guide to Internal Developer Portals in the Age of Platform Engineering
A deep dive into IDPs: what are they and why do modern engineering teams need them?
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Three Site Reliability Engineering practices that help you improve service operations: Operational Maturity (3/3)
A third pillar that helps improve system operation and overall reliability practices of companies is operational maturity.
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Three Site Reliability Engineering practices that help you improve service operations: Release Management (2/3)
How you can maintain high velocity without compromising on the quality of your releases.
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Three Site Reliability Engineering practices that help you improve service operations: Incident Detection (1/3)
We focus on concepts of pain points that we believe every company has, provide ways to tell if your company suffers from those pains, and provide actionable solutions to overcome them.
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How a Reliability Champion (SRE, DevOps, etc.) uses Rely.io
With Rely, you don’t need to worry about miss-communication, manual reports, or learning how to navigate a dozen different platforms - all the insights and literature exists in a single place.
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How to Overcome Silos between Product and Engineering Teams to achieve Reliability
Exploring the Product Catalog's role in enhancing app reliability by bridging the perspectives of product and engineering teams.

Introducing Rely's reliability automation platform
The single pane of glass to track service quality and health
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Why I joined Rely.io — Juliana Dornelles| Rely.io
Juliana Dornelles is joining Rely.io to help to help us achieve sustainable and structured growth.
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Why I joined Rely.io — Diogo Cruz
Diogo Cruz is joining Rely.io to help new customers get started with Reliability Intelligence

Announcing Our $2M Round to Transform How Cloud-Native Companies Monitor Reliability Data, and Our Rebranding to Rely.io
Rely.io, the Reliability Intelligence platform productizing Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), has raised a $2M seed round led by J12 Ventures

Launching our Open Beta
Rely.io Launches Reliability Intelligence Platform in Open Beta, giving users a way to easily define and monitor Service Level Objectives (SLOs)
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What Are The Benefits of Service-Level Objectives (SLOs)?
SLOs are a hot topic right now in SRE, but what exactly do we get from them? Here's a detailed look into 6 benefits provided by SLOs

What is an SRE Product Manager?
Learn why Product Managers are entering Site Reliability Engineering, an area that has typically been executed and managed exclusively by engineers

How AWS Shares SLOs With You
Insights into the public Service-Level Objectives shared by AWS with their customers and best practices around service level management

Q1 2022 Product Retrospective
The first quarter of 2022 was a busy one for us here at Rely.io. Our team has been working tirelessly to add many features SRE teams will love

Rely.io Launches Google Cloud Platform Support
Rely.io customers can now bring their monitoring data from Google Cloud Platform and use it to create SLIs and SLOs on the platform

Performance Monitoring with Prometheus
A complete guide about how to instrument Prometheus for performance monitoring with SLIs and SLOs, using the official Python client

Rely.io Launches New Relic Support
Learn how to create SLOs for New Relic in minutes and leverage SLI recommendations for availability, latency & many more categories

Why I joined Rely.io — Alex Abiola
Alex Abiola is joining Rely.io to lead Product Design and help users have a great experience improving reliability

Rely.io Launches Amazon CloudWatch Support
Rely.io customers can now use Amazon CloudWatch as a data source to create SLIs and SLOs on the platform

Why I joined Rely.io — António Araújo
António Araújo is joining Rely.io to lead Go-to-Market and help customers make better reliability decisions

Monitoring on SLIs and SLOs
A brief overview of what SLOs can do you for you and your organization and how you can interpret them.

In-depth guide on SLIs, SLOs and Error Budgets
An introduction into SRE terminology and the underlying reliability stack from a technical perspective.

How to Alert on SLOs
A summary of why traditional approaches to alerting don't work and of how SLOs mitigate those problems.

How to Measure the Real Impact of Developer Productivity Initiatives?
From hype to real data: A comprehensive approach to measuring AI's effectiveness in software engineering and team productivity.

How to Unlock Engineering Excellence with Centralized Metrics
In today’s digital world, access to accurate data is crucial. This post explores how Rely.io simplifies metric collection and transforms metrics into actionable insights.

How to Structure, Set Up, and Conduct an Effective Engineering Operational Review
Engineering operational reviews are critical for aligning engineering efforts with business objectives, evaluating team performance, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

Rely.io Update Roundup - December 2024
As we wrap up the year, our focus this December has been on enhancing usability, delivering deeper insights, and expanding the power of Rely.io with new capabilities.

Why does improving Engineering Performance feel broken?
Improving engineering performance often feels broken due to challenges like misaligned goals and resistance to change. Explore insights and strategies to effectively enhance performance and foster growth.
.png)
Top Backstage Alternatives
The top alternatives and respective trade-offs to the traditional IDP experience offered by Spotify's Backstage
.png)
Internal Developer Portals: Autonomy, Governance and the Golden Path
Explore how to empower development teams by balancing autonomy and governance, enhancing productivity, and enforcing standards with Internal Developer Portals
.png)
Announcing our free trial plan
We've listened to our customers and now everyone can experience Rely.io with a 15-day free trial—no credit card required. Sign up today and discover how we can transform your organization's workflow, allowing you to focus on what truly matters.

What are Day 1 and Day 2 Operations for Platform Engineers
For technical leaders, platform and DevOps engineers, mastering both day 1 and day 2 operations is crucial for ensuring smooth operations.

How to Implement Developer Self-Service Successfully
Developer self-service empowers developers to build and manage their services and resources independently from DevOps, accelerating development cycles without any compromises on quality or standards.

The ultimage guide to Dora metrics
As platform engineers, DevOps engineers, and technical leaders, embracing DORA metrics can propel your teams towards operational excellence and streamlined processes.

How to improve your Software Delivery Lifecycle
Understanding and optimizing each phase of the SDLC can lead to faster delivery times, higher-quality products, and more satisfied customers.

Introducing Rely’s Homepage
We're thrilled to announce the launch of Rely.io Homepage, a brand new feature that personalizes your Rely experience and empowers you to hit the ground running with your development tasks.
.png)
Minimize Context Switching for Software Engineers
With Rely's Internal developer portal, engineering leaders can customize dedicated homepages for every service, team, or resource, streamlining workflows and enhancing productivity.
.png)
Breaking Down Knowledge Silos
Knowledge silos, or "tribal knowledge," occur when a small number of people, potentially even one person, possess all the knowledge about a specific topic or practice

Drive alignment, prioritization, and quality with Scorecards
Scorecards can convert complex objectives into clear, measurable outcomes which help align the entire team around a common goal.

Migrate from Backstage to Rely.io
Backstage tries to solve the “big infrastructure problem” with a platform that aims to collect all your resources under a single roof but has some shortcomings that Rely.io solves effortlessly

Building a business case for an Internal Developer Portal
We’re diving into the ‘nitty-gritty’ of putting together the actual business case for your IDP.
.png)
How do I convince my boss I need an Internal Developer Portal?
How to affect change in your organization by Empowering Engineers with IDPs

What is an SRE Product Manager? | Rely.io
Learn why Product Managers are entering Site Reliability Engineering, an area that has typically been executed and managed exclusively by engineers

How AWS Shares SLOs With You | Rely.io
Insights into the public Service-Level Objectives shared by AWS with their customers and best practices around service level management
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What Are The Benefits of Service-Level Objectives (SLOs)? | Rely.io
SLOs are a hot topic right now in SRE, but what exactly do we get from them? Here's a detailed look into 6 benefits provided by SLOs

Introducing Engineering Performance - Boost Team Productivity with Intelligent Engineering Metrics
After extensive customer collaboration, we're excited to introduce new Engineering Performance capabilities that help teams measure, optimize, and improve their development workflows.

SLO Platform Open Beta Launch | Rely.io
Rely.io Launches Reliability Intelligence Platform in Open Beta, giving users a way to easily define and monitor Service Level Objectives (SLOs)

Introducing Rely.io’s Internal Developer Portal
Working hand in hand with our users, we have embraced the challenge, adapted roadmaps and co-built an answer to this pain point: we are introducing today Rely’s Internal Developer Portal

Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) platform Rely.io raises $2M seed round
Rely.io, the Reliability Intelligence platform productizing Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), has raised a $2M seed round led by J12 Ventures
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Why I joined Rely.io — Juliana Dornelles| Rely.io
Juliana Dornelles is joining Rely.io to help to help us achieve sustainable and structured growth.
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Why I joined Rely.io — Diogo Cruz | Rely.io
Diogo Cruz is joining Rely.io to help new customers get started with Reliability Intelligence

Why I joined Rely.io — António Araújo | Rely.io
António Araújo is joining Rely.io to lead Go-to-Market and help customers make better reliability decisions

Why I joined Rely.io — Alex Abiola | Rely.io
Alex Abiola is joining Rely.io to lead Product Design and help users have a great experience improving reliability

Introducing Rely's reliability automation platform: The single pane of glass to track service quality and health
The single pane of glass to track service quality and health

Q1 2022 Product Retrospective | Rely.io
The first quarter of 2022 was a busy one for us here at Rely.io. Our team has been working tirelessly to add many features SRE teams will love

Rely.io Launches New Relic Support
Learn how to create SLOs for New Relic in minutes and leverage SLI recommendations for availability, latency & many more categories

Rely.io Launches Google Cloud Platform Support
Rely.io customers can now bring their monitoring data from Google Cloud Platform and use it to create SLIs and SLOs on the platform

Rely.io Launches Amazon CloudWatch Support
Rely.io customers can now use Amazon CloudWatch as a data source to create SLIs and SLOs on the platform
.png)
How Amplemarket increased their product velocity and drove operational excellence with Rely.io
See how Amplemarket - an AI-powered sales platform that helps B2B companies engage with their ideal customers - improved their operational excellence with Rely.io's Software Catalog and Scorecards
.png)
Three Site Reliability Engineering practices that help you improve service operations: Operational Maturity (3/3)
A third pillar that helps improve system operation and overall reliability practices of companies is operational maturity.
.png)
Three Site Reliability Engineering practices that help you improve service operations: Release Management (2/3)
How you can maintain high velocity without compromising on the quality of your releases.
.png)
Three Site Reliability Engineering practices that help you improve service operations: Incident Detection (1/3)
We focus on concepts of pain points that we believe every company has, provide ways to tell if your company suffers from those pains, and provide actionable solutions to overcome them.

Introducing Dashboards
Dashboards in Rely allow your engineering teams to create and consume views that best tell the story and have answers for the use cases they care about
.png)
The definitive guide for engineering teams to improve their Developer Experience (DevEx)
We’ll explore why DevEx matters to your organization, how to define and measure it, the role of internal developer portals and reliability engineering practices, and give you practical recommendations.
%20uses%20Rely.io.png)
How a Reliability Champion (SRE, DevOps, etc.) uses Rely.io
With Rely, you don’t need to worry about miss-communication, manual reports, or learning how to navigate a dozen different platforms - all the insights and literature exists in a single place.
.png)
How to Overcome Silos between Product and Engineering Teams to achieve Reliability
Exploring the Product Catalog's role in enhancing app reliability by bridging the perspectives of product and engineering teams.

Performance Monitoring with Prometheus | Rely.io
A complete guide about how to instrument Prometheus for performance monitoring with SLIs and SLOs, using the official Python client

Monitoring on SLIs and SLOs | Rely.io
A brief overview of what SLOs can do you for you and your organization and how you can interpret them.

In-Depth SRE Guide | Rely.io
An introduction into SRE terminology and the underlying reliability stack from a technical perspective.

How to Alert on SLOs | Rely.io
A summary of why traditional approaches to alerting don't work and of how SLOs mitigate those problems.
.png)
Rely.io Update Roundup - November 2024
This month, we've made Rely.io more efficient and insightful for developers and teams, adding new features that enhance engineering performance tracking, improve usability, and expand our plugin ecosystem.
.png)
Rely.io Update Roundup - October 2024
This month, we focused on making Rely.io more flexible, secure, and insightful. New integrations, improved dashboards and an enhanced authentication journey.
.png)
Rely.io Update Roundup - September 2024
We’ve delivered several enhancements focused on simplifying onboarding, increasing transparency, and improving the out-of-the-box value of our platform.

Rely.io Update Roundup - August 2024
In our largest release to date, we've focused on three key areas: enhancing developer autonomy and productivity, delivering more profound data insights, and offering improved visualization and customization options.

Rely.io Update Roundup - July 2024
We've introduced several exciting features and improvements designed to enhance your experience when navigating Rely.io and interacting with your Software Catalog.
.png)
Rely.io Update Roundup - June 2024
We focused on enhancing data management and the user experience built on top of it (thanks to Source Management) as well as users enablement with a completely revamped documentation portal.

Rely.io Update Roundup - May 2024
With the May releases, developers can better plan and prioritize their daily work and contribute to meaningfully improve their team’s velocity.

Rely.io Update Roundup - April 2024
April has been focused on follow-up on key features like Leaderboards for Scorecards & more, overall improvements to the apps performance.

Rely.io Update Roundup - March 2024
March has been a particularly busy month at Rely with the introduction of no less than five major features.

State of Rely.io: February Product Update
To help you stay informed, we're launching Rely’s Update Roundup, a monthly series summarizing the latest changes between installments.