Stephen Townshend
@slightreliability.bsky.social
Engineering manager, #SRE, #performance engineer, host of the Slight Reliability podcast. #RPG and tabletop gaming. Co-host of Tales from the Humpback Sky - a real-play #Troika podcast.
The first six episodes of Tales from the Humpback Sky season two are now up on YouTube. From episode 17 onward all episodes will be video episodes (cameras on). Until then it's audio only. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRbB... #troika #tabletop #podcast #scifi #fantasy
Flexing and Sparring (S02E01)
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*New episodes every two weeks!* This week on Tales from the Humpback Sky: Ridge & Owen, board the Void Lexicon with some new friends to find the secret of Thalorg's past. To listen search for "Humpback Sky" wherever you listen to pods. #podcast #troika #tabletop @melsonian-arts-council.itch.io
🐋Tales from the Humpback Sky🐋 S02E11 "Remnants and Remains" is live! This week... soaring through the Humpback Sky, training, and seeking Thalorg's home. To listen search for "Humpback Sky" wherever you listen to pods or directly from Buzzsprout: www.buzzsprout.com/2462261 #podcast #troika
This week on the 🐋Tales from the Humpback Sky🐋 podcast our heroes leave the city of Troika towards new adventures! To listen search for "Humpback Sky" wherever you listen to pods or directly from: www.buzzsprout.com/2462261 #podcast #troika #tabletop #rpg #scifi @melsonian-arts-council.itch.io
Why do even the most mature tech organisations in the world still experience incidents relating to expired or misapplied #certificates? Find out on episode 123 of Slight Reliability (find it wherever you listen to pods). #sre #observability #operations #devops #certifications #AI #azure #slos
On 🐋Tales from the Humpback Sky🐋 Season 2 Episode 9 Ridge fights for their life at the hands of an overpowered enemy and Owen stampedes himself into the history books. To listen to the podcast search for "Humpback Sky" wherever you listen to pods. #troika #podcast @melsonian-arts-council.itch.io
Can you combine your career with personal adventure? This week on #SlightReliability I'm joined by #SRE legend Amin Astaneh to discuss living and working on the road! To listen search for "Slight Reliability" wherever you listen to pods or on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc-7... #tech #nomad
Being a Digital Nomad with Amin Astaneh (Episode 122)
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On S02E08 of 🐋Tales from the Humpback Sky🐋 Owen and Ridge head to Simeon Sours Sundries and Such to hand in their quest... To listen search for "Humpback Sky" wherever you listen to pods or directly from Buzzsprout: www.buzzsprout.com/2462261 @melsonian-arts-council.itch.io #podcast #troika
The complete season one of 🐋 Tales from the Humpback Sky 🐋 is now up on YouTube! It's audio-only but we get video working towards the latter half of season two! #troika #podcast #tabletop @melsonian-arts-council.itch.io www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgEn...
A Broken Mirror (S01E01)
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This week on #SlightReliability... how can you rack up some quick wins when building a new #SRE practice using the four golden signals? Find it by searching for "Slight Reliability" wherever you listen to pods. youtu.be/IHYPG1eazrI #SLO #observability
Four Golden Signals to Kickstart SRE (Episode 121)
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As a hands-on engineer you get dopamine hits every time you solve problems, but how do people leaders stay motivated? This week on #SlightReliability I share a chat I had with the legendary Cædman 'Cads' Oakley about this very topic. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDyH... #podcast #SRE #tech #leadership
Staying Motivated as a Leader with Cads Oakley (Episode 120)
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This week on #SlightReliability - A Beginner's Guide to #SRE! To listen search for "Slight Reliability" wherever you listen to pods, or directly from: YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=czA9... Buzzsprout: www.buzzsprout.com/1698445 #observability #tech #toil #incidents #SLO #SLI #postmortem
A Beginner's Guide to SRE (Episode 119)
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In this snippet from Slight Reliability Episode 109 Aaron "Checo" Pacheco describes the #observability consolidation cycle most orgs find themselves in. To listen to the full episode search for "Slight Reliability" wherever you listen to pods. #podcast #sre #ai www.youtube.com/shorts/qNAgz...
The Observability Consolidation Lifecycle
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How do you ingest petabytes of #telemetry every day in a cost effective and high performing way? This week on Slight Reliability I'm joined by Jacob Leverich for a deep dive on this. To listen search for "Slight Reliability" wherever you listen to pods or on YouTube. #podcast #observability
This week I'm reflecting on how challenging I've found it to create a team strategy. I've now boiled it all down to... what's our North Star? How does that help the org? How can we identify opportunities and turn them into work? #tech #leadership #strategy
This week on the Tales from the Humpback Sky podcast: Owen and Ridge return to Titan's Chain and things get freaky... To listen search for "Humpback Sky" wherever you listen to pods - OR - directly from Buzzsprout: www.buzzsprout.com/2462261 #podcast #troika @melsonian-arts-council.itch.io
Tales from the Humpback Sky S01E09 "Weird Flex but OK "& S01E10 "Sundries and Such" are now live on YouTube. Just the audio versions, we get video working in season two (eventually!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuDV... #podcast #troika #scifi #tabletop #rpg #realplay
Weird Flex But Ok (S01E09)
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I read a lot of great books but often struggle to bring those ideas to my work. This week on #SlightReliability I'm joined by Rob Roe to discuss how to make real change. To listen search for "Slight Reliability" wherever you listen to pods or on YouTube. You can also listen directly on... #tech
This week on 🐋Tales from the Humpback Sky🐋 Owen and Ridge return to the Society of Reformed Pseudomorphs to find pandemonium. What shameful secrets will they uncover? To listen search for "Humpback Sky" wherever you listen to pods - OR - directly from Buzzsprout: www.buzzsprout.com/2462261
This week on #SlightReliability I'm joined by tech engineer, leader, and author of "Human Software - A Life in I.T" Richard Bown to discuss mental health finding meaning at work. To listen search for "Slight Reliability" wherever you listen to pods or... www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpgR... #tech
Human Software with Richard Bown (Episode 116)
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How can we not only learn leadership skills but practice them and build leadership muscle? This week on #SlightReliability I'm joined by Xiao Zhang to talk about the concept of a leadership gym. To listen search for "Slight Reliability" wherever you listen to pods. #leadership #learning #tech
Hiding an old lady in paper mache. If you haven't heard of it before 🐋Tales from the Humpback Sky🐋 is a realplay podcast where Tom, Paul, and I play the sci-fi tabletop RPG #Troika. To listen search for "Humpback Sky" wherever you listen to pods or on YouTube. www.youtube.com/shorts/gUYRD...
Hiding an Old Lady in Paper Mache
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