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.
Episodes
Episode 8: Aaron 'Checo' Pacheco
Before “observability,” there was plain old monitoring - mostly about whether our servers or production systems were up or down.
Episode 7: Sebastian Vietz
“What’s in a name? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”
That might be true in matters of love, as Shakespeare argued in Romeo and Juliet. But in technology, names carry weight- shaping how we perceive tools, processes, and products.
Episode 6: Chris Evans
Does automation through AI actually reduce toil- or just shift it somewhere else?
Episode 5: Derek Brown
Working at a big tech company is like living on another planet- everything from infrastructure management to incident response operates on a completely different scale, and requires a different mindset and tools to effectively navigate.
Episode 4: Kat Gaines
Effective incident management goes beyond technical fixes- it requires clear communication and a strong customer experience strategy. Who leads the response? How do we keep affected customers informed? And how do we maintain their trust when services go down?
Episode 3: Michael Abed
Not all production incidents are created equal. Some are routine: check the alert, review the dashboard, and follow the runbook. But others test your experience, problem-solving skills, and perseverance.
Episode 2: Ricardo Amaro
Ricardo Amaro is a visionary in the DevOps/SRE space and an overall champion of free and open-source software.
Episode 1: Rick Gorman
In our inaugural episode, software engineer Rick Gorman and I explore his diverse background leading to his current role and his perspectives on technical debt, testing, and how to keep things blameless!
