

Slight Reliability
Stephen Townshend
Learning SRE, one day at a time.
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Nov 30, 2022 • 8min
Slight Reliability Episode 34 - What is Observability? (Live at re:Invent)
Send us a textThis week I was at the AWS re:Invent conference in Las Vegas, so I took the opportunity to walk around the expo asking observability vendors what their perspective or definition of "observability" was (and reflected on that).You can find me on:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephentownshend/Twitter: https://twitter.com/the_kiwi_sre

Nov 21, 2022 • 14min
Slight Reliability Episode 33 - The Many Faces of SRE
Send us a textIn this episode I explore the different kinds of SRE out there and the different needs they fill in the industry, and discuss some ethically dubious practices around hiring SREs.You can find me on:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephentownshend/Twitter: https://twitter.com/the_kiwi_sreMusic from Uppbeat (free for Creators!).Intro:https://uppbeat.io/t/sensho/good-timesLicense code: QBXDSEGNJZY9DDICOutro:https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/voyagerLicense code: 5C0VMTUOULFSRSTM

Nov 14, 2022 • 45min
Slight Reliability Episode 32 - Social Reliability Engineering with Kyle Forster and Shea Stewart
Send us a textIn this episode I chat to Kyle Forster and Shea Stewart from RunWhen about the concept of "social reliability engineering" and how it could help SREs from organisations all over the world create an ecosystem of sharing and collaboration.You can find Kyle on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyforster/You can find Shea on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheastewart/To find out more about RunWhen: https://www.runwhen.com/And an example of the "street map view" of a tech stack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOvH9lcgCXg You can find me on:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephentownshend/Twitter: https://twitter.com/the_kiwi_sreMusic from Uppbeat (free for Creators!).Intro:https://uppbeat.io/t/sensho/good-timesLicense code: QBXDSEGNJZY9DDICOutro:https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/voyagerLicense code: 5C0VMTUOULFSRSTM

Nov 7, 2022 • 10min
Slight Reliability Episode 31 - I Still Wanna Know What SRE Is!
Send us a textIn this episode I reflect back on the very first episode of Slight Reliability "What the heck is SRE anyway?" and see if my perspective has changed since then. I also tackle the confusion about what SRE is and is not.Shout out to Sebastian Vietz (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastianvietz/) for his "Service Reliability Engineering" terminology and Richard Benwell (https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-benwell-ab887b11/) for highlighting the way SRE offers a different value proposition depending on the scale of the services in question. You can find me on:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephentownshend/Twitter: https://twitter.com/the_kiwi_sreMusic from Uppbeat (free for Creators!).Intro:https://uppbeat.io/t/sensho/good-timesLicense code: QBXDSEGNJZY9DDICOutro:https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/voyagerLicense code: 5C0VMTUOULFSRSTM

Oct 31, 2022 • 7min
Slight Reliability Episode 30 - A Change of Pace
Send us a textIn this episode I announce my new role as Developer Advocate (SRE) at SquaredUp, and what this means for the Slight Reliability podcast.You can find me on:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephentownshend/Twitter: https://twitter.com/the_kiwi_sreMusic from Uppbeat (free for Creators!).Intro:https://uppbeat.io/t/sensho/good-timesLicense code: QBXDSEGNJZY9DDICOutro:https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/voyagerLicense code: 5C0VMTUOULFSRSTM

Oct 24, 2022 • 18min
Slight Reliability Episode 29 - Team Topologies
Send us a textIn this episode I give a summary of the book Team Topologies by Matthew Skelton and Manual Pais (https://teamtopologies.com/book) and how this relates to implementing SRE practices.(POINT OF CORRECTION: One of the authors is "Matthew" Skelton, not "Michael")You can find me on:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephentownshend/Twitter: https://twitter.com/the_kiwi_sreMusic from Uppbeat (free for Creators!).Intro:https://uppbeat.io/t/sensho/good-timesLicense code: QBXDSEGNJZY9DDICOutro:https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/voyagerLicense code: 5C0VMTUOULFSRSTM

Oct 17, 2022 • 13min
Slight Reliability Episode 28 - State of DevOps 2022
Send us a textIn this episode I give my take on the Accelerate State of DevOps 2022 from the SRE perspective.You can find the Accelerate State of DevOps Report 2022 here: https://cloud.google.com/devops/state-of-devops/You can find me on:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephentownshend/Twitter: https://twitter.com/the_kiwi_sreMusic from Uppbeat (free for Creators!).Intro:https://uppbeat.io/t/sensho/good-timesLicense code: QBXDSEGNJZY9DDICOutro:https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/voyagerLicense code: 5C0VMTUOULFSRSTM

Oct 10, 2022 • 14min
Slight Reliability Episode 27 - Anxiety Engineering
Send us a textIn this episode I share my experience relapsing into anxiety and insomnia, ruminate on an SRE's sphere of influence, and tease an upcoming change of role.You can find me on:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephentownshend/Twitter: https://twitter.com/the_kiwi_sreMusic from Uppbeat (free for Creators!).Intro:https://uppbeat.io/t/sensho/good-timesLicense code: QBXDSEGNJZY9DDICOutro:https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/voyagerLicense code: 5C0VMTUOULFSRSTM

Sep 26, 2022 • 19min
Slight Reliability Episode 26 - The Toyota Way
Send us a textIn this episode I reflect on the book "The Toyota Way" by Jeffrey Liker, and explore four principles which resonate with my work. The book in question is The Toyota Way: https://www.amazon.com/Toyota-Way-Second-Management-Manufacturer/dp/1260468518 You can find me on:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephentownshend/Twitter: https://twitter.com/the_kiwi_sreMusic from Uppbeat (free for Creators!).Intro:https://uppbeat.io/t/sensho/good-timesLicense code: QBXDSEGNJZY9DDICOutro:https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/voyagerLicense code: 5C0VMTUOULFSRSTM

Sep 19, 2022 • 9min
Slight Reliability Episode 25 - Continuous Delivery
Send us a textIn this episode I discuss the concept behind continuous delivery and share the ideas we've been exploring at IAG.The book I mentioned is The Toyota Way: https://www.amazon.com/Toyota-Way-Second-Management-Manufacturer/dp/1260468518 You can find me on:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephentownshend/Twitter: https://twitter.com/the_kiwi_sreMusic from Uppbeat (free for Creators!).Intro:https://uppbeat.io/t/sensho/good-timesLicense code: QBXDSEGNJZY9DDICOutro:https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/voyagerLicense code: 5C0VMTUOULFSRSTM