Chaos Control, The Engineering Leader’s 180-Second Briefing

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Chaos Control is the micro-podcast for Engineering Leaders who are tired of the noise. In three high-impact minutes, we deliver the strategic insights needed to conquer tool sprawl, slash Mean Time to Resolution (MTTR), and eliminate the financial risk of system downtime. Stop firefighting, start leading.

Episodes

  1. Jan 15

    Unveiling the Digital Maze: The Power of Service Maps

    Episode 5 highlights how APM's Service Map transforms technical monitoring into strategic business insights. By visualizing all service dependencies, organizations uncover hidden blind spots and align app performance with critical business transactions. With tools like APM360, teams can map the true digital footprint and focus on business outcomes, not just code health.

    3 min

  2. Jan 5

    APM: The Trailhead to Full-Stack Observability

    This episode highlights Application Performance Monitoring (APM) as the essential starting point for achieving comprehensive, business-aligned observability. Through relatable analogies and practical examples, Gwen and Buddy show how APM swiftly uncovers hidden dependencies, bridges the gap to AI monitoring, and, with Pathpoint, translates technical insights into valuable business outcomes, making teams indispensable partners to the business.

    3 min

  3. 12/23/2025

    The AI Watchdog: Tackling Complexity in Media Streaming

    Episode 3 explores the growing complexity and costs of integrating AI into media streaming systems. With companies using multiple monitoring tools, operational drag and high outage costs are common. New Relic's Intelligent Observability unifies data across all layers—from mobile devices to AI models—enabling teams to trace issues and optimize costs from a single dashboard, reducing chaos and boosting innovation.

    4 min

  4. 12/17/2025

    Uncovering Hidden Risks: Lessons from a Major Cloud Outage

    This special extended episode explores the critical lessons from a recent Cloudflare outage, focusing on latent risk, cascading failures, and system complexity. Gwen and Buddy discuss how hidden vulnerabilities can trigger widespread outages, the dangers of tool fragmentation, and the importance of unified observability (MELT). The episode highlights proactive strategies like APM and AI monitoring to predict and prevent costly incidents, urging leaders to prioritize resilience and visibility.

    4 min

  5. 12/05/2025

    Solving the AI Black Box: Scalable Monitoring for Modern Teams

    In this episode, Gwen Dylan highlights the challenges of running generative AI apps at scale, including quality issues, unpredictable token-based costs, and complex debugging. She introduces New Relic's AI Monitoring, offering full-stack visibility—tracking prompts, responses, and token usage in real time. The solution helps teams accelerate trust, control budgets, and confidently scale AI by making the 'black box' fully transparent.

    3 min

  6. 11/27/2025

    Conference Season is Still Rolling Strong

    Join us as we discuss the latest tech conference highlights, including New Relic's launch of Agentic AI Integrations with Microsoft Azure to reduce MTTR and boost developer productivity. We will preview AWS re:Invent, emphasizing executive-level strategies for cloud visibility, agility, and cost optimization. Listeners are invited to connect at the event or follow updates online.

    2 min

  7. 11/24/2025

    The $2 Million Question: Why Tool Sprawl Is Your Biggest Business Risk

    This is your 180-second briefing for Engineering Leaders. The $2 Million Question: Why does tool sprawl hit your P&L? We break down how fragmentation causes Operational Drag and Financial Risk. Learn how Intelligent Observability and a unified platform can slash MTTR by 50% and transform your tech spending into a strategic revenue protector. Get clarity over chaos.

    3 min
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Chaos Control is the micro-podcast for Engineering Leaders who are tired of the noise. In three high-impact minutes, we deliver the strategic insights needed to conquer tool sprawl, slash Mean Time to Resolution (MTTR), and eliminate the financial risk of system downtime. Stop firefighting, start leading.

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