Slight Reliability

Stephen Townshend

Learning SRE, one day at a time.

  1. The Implications of AI on Observability with Aaron "Checo" Pacheco (Episode 109)

    4 NOV

    The Implications of AI on Observability with Aaron "Checo" Pacheco (Episode 109)

    Send us a text How could AI help human beings negotiate the mountains of telemetry we collect to get simple and fast insight? This week I'm joined by Ottermon AI CEO and founder Checo Pacheco about the lifecycle of observability coverage and tooling within organisations and how AI is helping to find signals amongst the noise and reduce cognitive load for SREs. We discuss... 🎂 The need for a layer of logic on top of our telemetry data 🚲 The observability lifecycle of a DevOps team 🎶 How most orgs have many observability tools, and how we might make that work 🤯 Reaching the limits of what humans can comprehend as a reason for AI 📕 How poor documentation may become AI's downfall in the future ...and much more. You can find Checo on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/checopacheco/ You can find more about Ottermon AI on their website: https://www.ottermon.ai/ or on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ottermon/ You can find Stephen on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephentownshend/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/slightreliability.bsky.social YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/SlightReliability Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slight_reliability/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@the_kiwi_sre

    38 min
  2. Chaos Engineering with Kolton Andrus (Episode 108)

    25 OCT

    Chaos Engineering with Kolton Andrus (Episode 108)

    Send us a text What is chaos engineering and how is it being used in 2025? This week I'm joined by Gremlin CEO and founder Kolton Andrus to discuss... 🌪️ What is chaos engineering and what is its origins? 🪴 How has it evolved over the year? 🤖 The role of AI agents in SRE work 💰 Justifying the value of chaos engineering 🏃‍♀️‍➡️ How do I get started? ...and much more. You can find Kolton on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kolton-andrus-77315a2/ And you can find out more about Gremlin's new reliability intelligence platform here: https://www.gremlin.com/technologies/reliability-intelligence You can find Stephen on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephentownshend/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/slightreliability.bsky.social YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/SlightReliability Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slight_reliability/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@the_kiwi_sre

    31 min
  3. Team Topologies with Luke McManus (Episode 107)

    7 OCT

    Team Topologies with Luke McManus (Episode 107)

    Send us a text What are Team Topologies? How can they be used to deliver value simpler and more effectively (and in a more humane way)? This week I'm joined by Luke McManus to discuss... ⛰️ What are the four team topologies? 🏆 Can we have too much collaboration? ⌚ Team interaction models 🌏 Cognitive load 🏃‍♀️‍➡️ Value dynamics mapping ...and much more. You can find Luke on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/luke-mcmanus-agile/ Check out the recently released second edition of the Team Topologies book by Matthew Skelton and Manual Pais here: https://itrevolution.com/product/team-topologies-second-edition/ Or Unbundling the Enterprise by Stephen Fishman and Matt McLarty here: https://itrevolution.com/product/unbundling-the-enterprise/ You can find Stephen on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephentownshend/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/slightreliability.bsky.social YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/SlightReliability Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slight_reliability/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@the_kiwi_sre

    23 min
  4. Contributing to Open Source with Wendy Ha (Episode 106)

    23 SEPT

    Contributing to Open Source with Wendy Ha (Episode 106)

    Send us a text How do you begin contributing to an open source project? What's it like? What do you get out of it? This week I'm joined by Wendy Ha who shares her unique story of joining the Kubernetes project and becoming a contributor. We explore... ⛰️ What it's like working on one of the biggest open source projects in the world 🏆 The benefits of contributing to open source ⌚ How much time and effort does it take? 🌏 The unique challenges of contributing from APAC (and the need for more contributors in Australia and New Zealand) 🏃‍♀️‍➡️ How to get started ...and much more. You can find Wendy on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wendyha-sut/ Ways you can get started contributing to Open Source: CNCF from Zero to Merge Program: https://project.linuxfoundation.org/cncf-zero-to-merge-application LFX Mentorship Program: https://mentorship.lfx.linuxfoundation.org/#projects_all Outreachy Mentorship Program: https://www.outreachy.org/mentor/ Google Summer of Code: https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/ Kubernetes Release Team Shadowing: https://github.com/kubernetes/sig-release/blob/master/release-team/README.md#release-team-shadow You can find Stephen on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephentownshend/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/slightreliability.bsky.social YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/SlightReliability Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slight_reliability/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@the_kiwi_sre

    44 min
  5. Influencing Leadership with Nora Jones (Episode 105)

    9 SEPT

    Influencing Leadership with Nora Jones (Episode 105)

    Send us a text As an #SRE how do you influence senior leadership to get support and priority for the things you care about? To answer this question I'm joined by Nora Jones, founder of Jeli and now Head of Pricing, Product Strategy and Growth at PagerDuty. Our conversation touches on... 🤝 How understanding needs to flow both ways (between engineers and leaders) 🎨 Reliability is as much an art as a science 📝 Using napkin math to start conversations 🧠 Understand the system (your org) before trying to change it 💬 Using micro-interactions to gradually implement change ...and so much more. You can find Nora on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/norajones1/ You can find more about PagerDuty here: https://www.pagerduty.com/nlp/trial-sign-up/ You can find Stephen on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephentownshend/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/slightreliability.bsky.social YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/SlightReliability Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slight_reliability/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@the_kiwi_sre

    28 min

  6. 26 AUG

    Slight Reliability Podcast Retrospective (Episode 104)

    Send us a text This week I do a retrospective on the Slight Reliability podcast. 👂 How many people listen to it? ❤️ How do I feel about the show? 🎉 What's going well? 🪴 What could be better? ❔ What's next for the show? If you want to check out the podcast that came before Slight Reliability, you can find Performance Time archived on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/@performance-time You can find Stephen on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephentownshend/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/slightreliability.bsky.social YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/SlightReliability Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slight_reliability/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@the_kiwi_sre

    27 min
  7. Burnout with Colette Alexander (Episode 103)

    12 AUG

    Burnout with Colette Alexander (Episode 103)

    Send us a text Have you burned out at work? What was your experience? How did you work through it? This week I'm joined by the incredible Colette Alexander to discuss what burnout is, what it means, and we both share our personal experiences burning out at work. We cover... 🔥 What is burnout? ❓ Why does it happen? 🫀 What are the symptoms? 🥊 Fight, flight, or freeze 🧑‍🚒 Advice on how to recover ...and much more. Resources from the show... Why you're so angry at work (and what to do about it) by Natalie Rothfels https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/why-youre-so-angry-at-work Burnout (book) by Amelia and Emily Nagoski https://www.burnoutbook.net/  How to do nothing (book) by Jenny Odell https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/600671/how-to-do-nothing-by-jenny-odell/ You can find Colette on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/colette-alexander-4168267/ You can find the This Is Fine! podcast here: https://www.thisisfinepod.com/ You can find Stephen on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephentownshend/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/slightreliability.bsky.social YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/SlightReliability Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slight_reliability/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@the_kiwi_sre

    39 min
  8. Mobile Observability with Hanson Ho (Episode 102)

    29 JULY

    Mobile Observability with Hanson Ho (Episode 102)

    Send us a text This week I'm joined by the wonderful Hanson Ho to discuss the unique challenges and opportunities in making our mobile apps observable! We cover... 📱 The mobile/backend observability divide ✍️ The challenge of distributed tracing on mobile apps 🌏 The entire device runtime environment matters for your app 👤 The quest for user-centric mobile observability ✅ Advice on how to get started with mobile observability ...and much more. You can find Hanson on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hanson-ho/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bidetofevil.wtf You can find out more about Embrace at https://embrace.io/ You can find Stephen on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephentownshend/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/slightreliability.bsky.social YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/SlightReliability Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slight_reliability/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@the_kiwi_sre

    32 min
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Learning SRE, one day at a time.

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  • Creator
    Stephen Townshend
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2025
  • Episodes
    111
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2025 Slight Reliability
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