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Slight Reliability

Stephen Townshend
SRE
Resilience Engineering
Observability
Incident Management
Reliability Engineering
Site Reliability Engineering
Opentelemetry
Non-Production Reliability Engineering
User Experience
Leadership
Service Level Objectives
Cloud Observability
Blameless Postmortems
Sre Practices
Observability Maturity
Job Market
Synthetic Monitoring
Root Cause Analysis
Middleware
Saas

Learning SRE, one day at a time.

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How do you ingest and store petabytes of telemetry every day in a cost effective and high performing way? How can you do this in a way which gives engineers the operational data they need to keep services running? How has this challenge ... more

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How do you take all the utopian ideas you read about in books and apply them to the reality of the organisations we work in?

This week I'm joined by leader, mentor, and coach Rob Roe to tackle this question. We discuss...

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We spend a third of our life at work. It needs to be something we enjoy and something with purpose. Our work experience also impacts our family, friends, and our personal lives.

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When you become a people leader there is no manual. How can we not only learn leadership skills but practice them and build leadership muscle?

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Recent Guests

Rob Roe
Guest with a master's thesis on The Integral Business Architecture; implemented work at Telstra and startups
Independent consultant / former Telstra leader
Episode: How to Change the World with Rob Roe (Episode 117)
Richard Bown
Tech leader, author of Human Software
Independent/Author
Episode: Human Software with Richard Bown (Episode 116)
Xiao Zhang
Coach, creator, and founder; founder of Orion Group
Orion Group
Episode: Leadership Gym with Xiao Zhang (Episode 115)
Shmuel Kliger
Founder of Causely, a causal reasoning platform
Causely
Episode: AI Use-cases for SRE with Shmuel Kliger (Episode 113)
Adam Kinniburgh
VP Innovation at SquaredUp, host of the Operationally Intelligent podcast
SquaredUp
Episode: Operational Intelligence with Adam Kinniburgh (Episode 112)
Dinesh Sukhija
Leader of platform and security engineering teams with experience in cloud infrastructure and cybersecurity.
Okta
Episode: Leading Platform Teams with Dinesh Sukhija (Episode 111)
Aaron Pacheco
Co-founder of Ottermon AI with over 25 years experience in website development
Ottermon AI
Episode: The Implications of AI on Observability with Aaron "Checo" Pacheco (Episode 109)
Kolton Andrus
CEO and Founder of Gremlin, the first reliability and Chaos Engineering platform.
Gremlin
Episode: Chaos Engineering with Kolton Andrus (Episode 108)
Luke McManus
Agile coach with over 20 years of experience in tech and delivery roles, specializing in Agile and DevOps methodologies, design thinking, and human-centered design.
Episode: Team Topologies with Luke McManus (Episode 107)

Host

Stephen Townsend
Host focused on Site Reliability Engineering, leading insightful discussions with industry experts.

Reviews

4.8 out of 5 stars from 17 ratings
  • Software engineer essentials

    Well guided conversations that illustrate how software delivery teams can improve their ability to adapt to unknown hazards.

    Apple Podcasts
    4
    zerolagtime
    United States7 months ago
  • Excellent

    Started with the first episode. Loved the precise explanation. Really helpful!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    ItsPradeep
    India5 years ago

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Engaging conversations that highlight the interplay of technology and mental health, regarded as insightful for software delivery teams.
Listeners appreciate the clear explanations and actionable insights, making complex topics more accessible.

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Talking Points

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Leadership Gym with Xiao Zhang (Episode 115)
Q: What are your thoughts on AI in organizations and what should leaders focus on to avoid exacerbating dysfunction?
Both hosts and Xiao emphasize that AI is a tool, not a strategy, and that organizations must first understand their sociotechnical systems—the people, culture, processes, and the interconnections—before applying automation. They warn that AI can magnify existing dysfunctions and that clear, human-centric leadership and system thinking are essential for meaningful progress.
Leadership Gym with Xiao Zhang (Episode 115)
Q: Tell us a little bit more about your journey and how Orion Group came to be.
Xiao describes moving from China to the United States, leading digital product efforts, and eventually stepping into entrepreneurship with a pivot into leadership coaching. She explains that the need to balance technology work with human dynamics spurred the creation of Orion Group as a way to provide safe, practical leadership development and mentorship.
AI Use-cases for SRE with Shmuel Kliger (Episode 113)
Q: What is your opinion on the current push for AI applications in SRE?
AI applications, particularly LLMs, can be beneficial, but many vendors overstate their effectiveness, particularly in understanding causal relationships.
AI Use-cases for SRE with Shmuel Kliger (Episode 113)
Q: What is causal reasoning?
Causal reasoning involves understanding the causal relationships between different entities, such as how one failure can affect multiple dependent systems.
Chaos Engineering with Kolton Andrus (Episode 108)
Q: What role does AI play in building reliable systems?
AI is not yet ready to handle judgment calls in production; it lacks the accountability and understanding that human engineers have.

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