What These Functions Are Actually Supposed to Be

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Lyrics

[Verse 1]
They built a platform team but called it DevOps
Assigned them tickets like a broken-down help desk
But platforms are products with roadmaps and vision
Not reactive crews fixing every submission
Engineering minds should architect solutions
Not patch up problems in endless confusion

[Chorus]
Product not tickets, that's the platform way
Build once, solve ten, make the chaos fade away
SRE writes code when they're not on call
Fifty-fifty split or the model will fall
InfoSec sets standards, not approval gates
These functions have purpose, don't seal their fates

[Verse 2]
Site Reliability means engineering first
Half your time coding, or the balance gets worse
Toil budget's sacred, track every hour spent
If operations consume you, the system's been bent
Don't hire more bodies for the reactive grind
Fix what creates toil, automate by design

[Chorus]
Product not tickets, that's the platform way
Build once, solve ten, make the chaos fade away
SRE writes code when they're not on call
Fifty-fifty split or the model will fall
InfoSec sets standards, not approval gates
These functions have purpose, don't seal their fates

[Bridge]
Three requests masking one deeper flaw
Product thinking sees what others never saw
Risk management, not review bureaucracy
Standards that enable, not complexity
When functions drift from their intended role
Systems fragment, losing central control

[Chorus]
Product not tickets, that's the platform way
Build once, solve ten, make the chaos fade away
SRE writes code when they're not on call
Fifty-fifty split or the model will fall
InfoSec sets standards, not approval gates
These functions have purpose, don't seal their fates

[Outro]
Platform teams with vision, SRE with code
InfoSec with frameworks, sharing the load
Purpose-driven functions, not ticket queues
Know what you're building, that's how systems cruise

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