In our organization, we’ve applied several SRE practices to improve system reliability, even though we are not a large enterprise. We’ve started by defining Service Level Objectives (SLOs) for critical services, helping us set clear reliability targets and align our development and operations teams on performance goals. Automation has been key—using tools like Terraform and Ansible, we’ve automated infrastructure provisioning, deployments, and routine maintenance tasks, which has reduced manual effort and the risk of human error. We also focus on incident management, where we use postmortems and root cause analysis to drive continuous improvements. While formal SRE teams may not be necessary for smaller organizations, we’ve found that these core principles—particularly automation and monitoring—scale very well. They allow us to improve reliability without the overhead of large teams, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and ensuring that our systems are both reliable and resilient.