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Hosted by Stephen Townshend · technology · EN-NZ
Learning SRE, one day at a time.
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Signup to Generate a PitchSlight Reliability is hosted by Stephen Townshend. The show has published 128 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Farewell" (8 September 2026, 6 minutes), "Becoming a Better Leader with Helen Cuddy (Episode 125)" (11 August 2026, 35 minutes), and "Effective Alerting with Krishna Vinnakota (Episode 124)" (14 July 2026, 29 minutes).
Slight Reliability publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 29 minutes across 128 episodes.
Booking probability for Slight Reliability is 35%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Slight Reliability requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Slight Reliability's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for Slight Reliability are IT Services & Software Development. Slight Reliability has a technology audience and around 1,900 subscribers on YouTube.
Stephen Townshend hosts Slight Reliability, a technology podcast with 128 episodes published.
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Episode #126
Send us Fan Mail Today I announce the end of Slight Reliability after 4 1/2 years, 125 episodes, and 75 unique guests from around the world. To listen to Tales from the Humpback Sky search for "Humpback Sky" wherever...
Episode #125
Send us Fan Mail How do you become an effective leader that gets the best out of people (and yourself)? This week I'm joined by technology leader Helen Cuddy to cover just this! We discuss... Getting the best out of...
Episode #124
Send us Fan Mail How do you design, implement and evolve effective alerting of your services and systems? This week I'm joined by Krisha Vinnakota, Senior SRE @ Microsoft to dive into this topic. We cover... 👩💻...
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Send us Fan Mail Why do some of the most mature organisations in the world still experience major incidents due to expired or incorrectly applied certificates? This week I'm joined by SRE and DevOps expert Charlie...
Episode #123
Send us Fan Mail Why do some of the most mature organisations in the world still experience major incidents due to expired or incorrectly applied certificates? This week I'm joined by SRE and DevOps expert Charlie...
Episode #122
Send us Fan Mail Can you combine your career with personal adventure? What would it be like to live in a truck and travel the country while working remotely? This week I'm joined again by SRE & DevOps legend Amin...
Episode #121
Send us Fan Mail When you first start implementing SRE it's a good idea to find early wins. Implementing monitoring of the four golden signals + availability is something I'm experimenting with at the moment to give our...
Episode #120
Send us Fan Mail As an engineer you get constant dopamine hits by solving technical problems. As a leader you're often working toward long term goals that span months or years. How do you stay motivated in that context...
Episode #119
Send us Fan Mail This week I repurpose a talk I just did at the JuniorDev meetup in Auckland. If you're new to SRE or observability then this is the talk for you. For the more seasoned listeners, it's a chance to see...
Episode #118
Send us Fan Mail 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...
Episode #117
Send us Fan Mail 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...
Episode #116
Send us Fan Mail 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. This week I'm joined by...
Episode #115
Send us Fan Mail 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? This week I'm joined by Orion Group Limited co-founder Xiao...
Episode #114
Send us Fan Mail This week I kick off the 2026 season with some news and we explore how to prepare for a new role. You can buy Slight Reliability merch here (Note: you cannot order the mugs outside of New Zealand)...
Episode #113
Send us Fan Mail From the day we invented computers we've been struggling to keep applications running and delivering services to the business. Is this latest wave of AI helping or hurting us? This week I'm joined by...
Episode #112
Send us Fan Mail What is operational intelligence and how is it different from observability or BI? This week I'm joined by SquaredUp's VP of Innovation Adam Kinniburgh to answer that question and many more including...
Episode #111
Send us Fan Mail How does leading platform teams differ from leading product teams? This week I'm joined by experienced technology leader Dinesh Sukhija to answer that question and many more including... ❓ What is a...
Episode #110
Send us Fan Mail How has my first two years as a manager in tech been? What have I learned? What do I need to work on? This week I share my experiences over the past couple of years. I cover: 🔥 My recent close call...
Episode #109
Send us Fan Mail How could AI help human beings negotiate the mountains of telemetry we collect to get simple and fast insight? This week I'm joined by Ottermon AI CEO and founder Checo Pacheco about the lifecycle of...
Episode #108
Send us Fan Mail What is chaos engineering and how is it being used in 2025? This week I'm joined by Gremlin CEO and founder Kolton Andrus to discuss... 🌪️ What is chaos engineering and what is its origins? 🪴 How has...
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