Episodes

  • Episode 13: Stephen Townshend

    Episode 13: Stephen Townshend
    Jun 1 2026
    Stephen Townshend, host of Slight Reliability and Team Lead for SRE & DevOps at BlueCurrent, joins Amin to talk about mental health in tech- anxiety, burnout, and why leaders who do the inner work make the industry less stressful for everyone around them. Show Notes Available at https://podcast.certomodo.io/stephen-townshend.html.
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    51 mins
  • Episode 12: Amin Astaneh

    Episode 12: Amin Astaneh
    May 5 2026
    In this special episode, the tables are turned — host Amin Astaneh becomes the guest. Stephen Townshend, host of Slight Reliability, interviews Amin about rebuilding his life as a nomad: traveling North America, living out of a pickup truck, and running his business from the road. A personal conversation about freedom, simplicity, and the human side of a life in tech. Show Notes Available at https://podcast.certomodo.io/amin-astaneh.html.
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    42 mins
  • Episode 11: Sylvain Kalache

    Episode 11: Sylvain Kalache
    Apr 8 2026
    AI agents are triaging incidents and writing runbooks- but are LLMs actually the right tool for operational work? Sylvain Kalache, Head of AI Labs at Rootly, shares research on where AI SRE tools add real value, where they fall apart, and what it means for operational maturity when humans only see the hardest problems. Guest: Sylvain Kalache, Head of AI Labs at Rootly (https://rootly.com). Show Notes Available at https://podcast.certomodo.io/sylvain-kalache.html.
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    54 mins
  • Episode 10: Kyle Forster

    Episode 10: Kyle Forster
    Mar 10 2026
    Explores the 'AI code tsunami' and how massive, AI-generated code changes are forcing engineering teams to rethink traditional code reviews, observability, and the future of SRE roles. The conversation highlights a shift toward treating test environments like production and using narrowly scoped AI agents to manage system reliability, guided by simplified, binary SLIs and SLOs. Guest: Kyle Forster, founder and CEO of RunWhen (https://runwhen.com). Show Notes Available at https://podcast.certomodo.io/kyle-forster.html.
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    52 mins
  • Episode 9: Jon Reeve

    Episode 9: Jon Reeve
    Dec 14 2025
    Discusses the 'complexity cult' of the current observability industry, how the open-source TUI tool Gonzo can reveal infrastructure insights using novel use of LLMs for sentiment analysis, and the vision of more accessible observability experiences for software engineers. Guest: Jon Reeve, founder and CPO of ControlTheory (controltheory.com). Show Notes Available at https://podcast.certomodo.io/jon-reeve.html.
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    42 mins
  • Episode 8: Aaron 'Checo' Pacheco

    Episode 8: Aaron 'Checo' Pacheco
    Oct 29 2025
    Explores monitoring and observability evolution, examining how observability costs now consume 15-25% of infrastructure budgets with Aaron Pacheco from Ottermon.ai. Show Notes Available at https://podcast.certomodo.io/aaron-pacheco.html.
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    53 mins
  • Episode 7: Sebastian Vietz

    Episode 7: Sebastian Vietz
    Sep 7 2025
    Discusses how naming conventions shape industry perceptions, with focus on AI SRE terminology with Sebastian Vietz from Compass Digital. Show Notes Available at https://podcast.certomodo.io/sebastian-vietz.html.
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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Episode 6: Chris Evans

    Episode 6: Chris Evans
    Jul 13 2025
    Explores whether automation through AI actually reduces toil or just shifts it elsewhere with Chris Evans from Incident.io. Show Notes Available at https://podcast.certomodo.io/chris-evans.html.
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    51 mins