Name: Taming Tech Debt for Platform Reliability
Start: 2026-01-21T19:00:00-08:00
End: 2026-01-21T21:00:00-08:00
Location: Valley Research Park

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Valley Research Park
319 North Bernardo Avenue
Mountain View, CA CA 93043
Don't use the front door. When facing the front door, turn right along the front of the building. Turn left around the building corner. The 2nd door should be open and have a banner and event registration.

If you want to join remotely, you can submit questions via Zoom Q&A. The zoom link:
[https://acm-org.zoom.us/j](https://acm-org.zoom.us/j/94270873151?pwd=DFGIb9xhn5GPv8iJD9Bxt1Ya2qJHmN.1)
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6:30 Door opens, food and networking (we invite honor system contributions)
**7:00** SFBayACM upcoming events, introduce the speaker
7:15 speaker presentation starts
8:15 - 8:30 finish, depending on Q&A

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**Talk Description**:

Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) at Google is a job function, mindset, and set of engineering practices focused on ensuring the reliability, scalability, and efficiency of production systems. The term is created in the early 2000s.

This talk aims to reframe the conversation around technical debt. Rather than viewing it as a mere backlog of chores, I will present a methodical framework for identifying and prioritizing it as a strategic opportunity. Drawing from my experiences at various companies, including Google, I will share practical insights on how to transform tech debt from an impedance to a catalyst for organizational velocity. I will also discuss how to apply SRE principles to measure the reliability of infrastructure as we tackle technical debt and will be sharing a few anecdotes and practical methods to address this interesting problem with engineering and automation.

**Speaker Bio**:
Saurabh Phaltane is a Senior Site Reliability Engineer at Google, where he focuses on designing and optimizing web-scale infrastructures for resilience and high performance. With over a decade of experience in SRE and distributed systems, Saurabh specializes in building reliable systems through robust infrastructure automation, comprehensive observability, and scalable automation. Prior to his work at Google, Saurabh gained valuable experience as an SRE at Okta. He is also a thought leader in SRE and cloud technologies, a mentor for startup entrepreneurs through the Google for Startups program, and a frequent speaker on the topic of foundational thinking for scalable and reliable system infrastructure.

[https://www.linkedin.com/in/karanluniya](https://www.linkedin.com/in/karanluniya)

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