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Reliability Rebels

Hosted by Amin Astaneh · technology · EN-US

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About this Podcast:

The Reliability Rebels Podcast explores making software and systems more reliable by challenging the status quo. We sometimes have to challenge past decisions, existing technology, and even company culture when improving how we run production. This podcast will explore real-life examples from our guests and reveal insights and techniques applicable to your career and team. Intended audience- humans in the tech industry, especially software engineers and their leaders, product managers, and DevOps/Site Reliability Engineering practitioners.

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What is Reliability Rebels about?

The Reliability Rebels Podcast explores making software and systems more reliable by challenging the status quo. We sometimes have to challenge past decisions, existing technology, and even company culture when improving how we run production. This podcast will explore real-life examples from our guests and reveal insights and techniques applicable to your career and team.

Who hosts Reliability Rebels?

Reliability Rebels is hosted by Amin Astaneh. The show has published 15 episodes to date.

What has Reliability Rebels covered recently?

Recent episodes include "Episode 13: Stephen Townshend" (1 June 2026, 51 minutes), "Episode 12: Amin Astaneh" (5 May 2026, 42 minutes), and "Episode 11: Sylvain Kalache" (8 April 2026, 54 minutes).

How often does Reliability Rebels publish?

Reliability Rebels publishes roughly every few months, with episodes averaging 54 minutes across 15 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on Reliability Rebels?

Booking probability for Reliability Rebels is 29%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Reliability Rebels requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Reliability Rebels's contact route on record: verified email.

Who should pitch Reliability Rebels?

The strongest fits for Reliability Rebels are IT Services & Software Development. Reliability Rebels has a technology audience.

About the host

Amin Astaneh hosts Reliability Rebels, a technology podcast with 15 episodes published.

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Recent episodes

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  • Reliability Rebels

    Episode 13: Stephen Townshend

    Jun 1, 202651 minS0

    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...

  • Reliability Rebels

    Episode 12: Amin Astaneh

    May 5, 202642 minS0

    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...

  • Reliability Rebels

    Episode 11: Sylvain Kalache

    Apr 8, 202654 minS0

    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...

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    Episode 10: Kyle Forster

    Mar 10, 202652 minS0

    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...

  • Reliability Rebels

    Episode 9: Jon Reeve

    Dec 14, 202542 minS0

    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...

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    Episode 8: Aaron 'Checo' Pacheco

    Oct 29, 202553 minS0

    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...

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    Episode 7: Sebastian Vietz

    Sep 7, 20251h 6mS0

    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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    Episode 6: Chris Evans

    Jul 13, 202551 minS0

    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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    Episode 5: Derek Brown

    Mar 31, 202555 minS0

    Compares infrastructure management at large tech companies versus smaller organizations with Derek Brown from Plaid. Show Notes Available at https://podcast.certomodo.io/derek-brown.html.

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    Episode 4: Kat Gaines

    Mar 14, 202559 minS0

    Examines incident management beyond technical fixes, emphasizing communication and customer experience with Kat Gaines from PagerDuty. Show Notes Available at https://podcast.certomodo.io/kat-gaines.html.

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    Episode 3: Michael Abed

    Jan 5, 202547 minS0

    Chronicles resolving a complex production incident at Meta lasting over three days with Michael Abed from Datadog. Show Notes Available at https://podcast.certomodo.io/michael-abed.html.

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    Episode 2: Ricardo Amaro

    Nov 18, 202455 minS0

    Reflects on early DevOps initiatives at Acquia with Ricardo Amaro, who authored a chapter on ML-driven capacity planning in Seeking SRE. Show Notes Available at https://podcast.certomodo.io/ricardo-amaro.html.

  • Reliability Rebels

    Episode 1: Rick Gorman

    Nov 10, 20241h 13mS0

    Inaugural episode exploring technical debt, testing approaches, and blameless culture with software engineer Rick Gorman. Show Notes Available at https://podcast.certomodo.io/rick-gorman.html.

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