Host(s):

• John Papa @John_Papa
• Ward Bell @WardBell
• Dan Wahlin @DanWahlin
• Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker

Guest:

• Mike Ryan [@mikeryandev]](https://twitter.com/mikeryandev)

Recording date: Sep 21, 2023

Brought to you by* AG Grid * IdeaBlade

Resources:* Polaris * Site Reliability on Web Rush with Brian Love on episode 228 * Surviving Technical Debt with Mike Ryan on Web Rush episode 117 * Websites vs Web Apps * Polaris on LinkedIn * Firebase Performance * Sentry * Data Dog * Google Analytics * SendBeacon API * Using Web Workers * A closer look at the Beacon API * New Relic * Smokey Mountains Website

Timejumps 00:27 Welcome * 00:52 Introducing Mike Ryan * 03:16 What is site reliability UX? * 06:28 Sponsor: Ag Grid * 07:28 Why is reliability so important in a web app? * 14:02 How can I prepare for site issues? * 16:13 Where do you learn about tooling? * 19:43 What do you do if the monitoring software goes down? * 22:48 Sponsor: IdeaBlade * 23:53 What about fault tolerance? * 26:21 What are other uses for SendBeacon? * 29:14 Why isn't there more conversations around this? * 30:52 Who should be using user monitoring? * 32:25 How easy is it to get started with Polaris? * 34:04* Final thoughts

Podcast editing on this episode done by Chris Enns of Lemon Productions.