
Slight Reliability
Learning SRE, one day at a time.
Podcasting since 2021 • 101 episodes
Slight Reliability
Latest Episodes
Focusing on What Matters with Trent Hornibrook (Episode 99)
This week I'm joined by SRE leader Trent Hornibrook who shares a story about how he improved on-call early in his career, and then we explore the broader theme of focusing on the things that matter in observability, incident response, on-call, ...
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Episode 99
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29:28

The Root Cause Fallacy with Andrew Hatch (Episode 98)
This week I'm joined by SRE leader Andrew Hatch from Cisco ThousandEyes to talk about a dirty word in the resilience community... root cause. In this excellent conversation we explore...🌌 Is the root cause of every incident the big bang?...
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Season 2
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Episode 98
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32:22

Synthetic Monitoring with David Dick (Episode 97)
This week I'm joined by David Dick from 2 Steps to (finally!) discuss synthetic monitoring. We cover...🤖 What is synthetic monitoring?🦾 What are the benefits and drawbacks to using it?☢️ Non-web based synthetics (the tough stuff)...
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Season 2
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Episode 97
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33:04

Tech Leadership with Milan Brown (Episode 96)
This week I'm joined by Cin7 Engineering Director Milan Brown to unpack the challenges of technology management and leadership. We discuss...✖️ Theory X vs Theory Y management🗣️ Intention based leadership and communication🏢 Condi...
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Season 2
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Episode 96
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31:27

Finding Tech Work with Leon Adato (Episode 95)
This week Leon Adato and I break down the state of applying for roles in tech. We cover...📝 What a resume or CV is and is not🤝 Leveraging your connections rather than relying on applying cold🪄 How most job descriptions are works ...
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Season 2
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Episode 95
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36:26
