On the season finale of 🐋Tales from the Humpback Sky🐋 Ridge and Owen attempt to escape the past and return to the city of Troika. To listen search for "Humpback Sky" wherever you listen to pods - OR - directly from Buzzsprout: www.buzzsprout.com/2462261 #podcast #troika #rpg #realplay #dnd

Meeting an old friend at Long Bay, Auckland

From the day we invented computers we've struggled to keep applications running. Is this latest wave of #AI helping or hurting us? This week on Slight Reliability I'm joined by Shmuel Kliger to answer just that. www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1L9... #SRE #reliability

On the *penultimate episode* of 🐋Tales from the Humpback Sky🐋season one... Owen and Ridge face off against the dark inquisitor Solvadis in the village of Macklebie's Ridge. To listen search for "Humpback Sky" wherever you listen to pods - OR - directly from Buzzsprout: www.buzzsprout.com/2462261

This week on the 🐋Tales from the Humpback Sky🐋 #podcast Ridge goes back to the moment they were formed and Owen fights reality spiders. To listen search for "Humpback Sky" wherever you listen to pods. #troika Troika is created by the amazing @melsonian-arts-council.itch.io

Ridge steps out into the village they grew up, heading toward a pivotal moment from the past. The music is one of my favourites, I'm really pleased how it turned out. Want to hear the whole episode? Search for "Humpback Sky" wherever you listen to pods. #troika #podcast #realplay

This week on the 🐋Tales from the Humpback Sky🐋 #podcast Ridge travels back in time to a formative moment in their past. Owen tries to keep things together back in Eska Howell's laboratory and gets a visit from the future. To listen search for "Humpback Sky" wherever you listen to pods. #troika

Brilliant conversation. Can't wait for the edit!

This week on Slight Reliability Checo Pacheco from Ottermon AI and I talk about the implications of AI on observability, and how it might help reduce cognitive load. Search for "Slight Reliability" wherever you listen to pods. #sre #observability #AI www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeHb...

It's a misconception that chaos engineering has to be chaotic. This is a snippet from the Slight Reliability podcast. To listen to the whole episode search for "Slight Reliability" wherever you listen to pods, or YouTube. #reliability #chaosengineering #tech youtube.com/shorts/jbHDW...

Some mirrors were harmed in episode 16 of 🐋Tales from the Humpback Sky🐋 If you haven't heard of it before, Tales from the Humpback Sky is a real-play #podcast of the tabletop RPG 'Troika' (by @melsonian-arts-council.itch.io). To listen search for "Humpback Sky" wherever you listen to pods

Chaos experiments work best in production. There's a set of failures which will only ever occur there. This is a snippet from episode 108 of the Slight Reliability podcast with guest Kolton Andrus. #tech #reliability #resilience #chaosengineering www.youtube.com/shorts/ogXnT...

Magnoceros

On episode 15 of 🐋Tales from the Humpback Sky🐋 Kennick reveals his master plans, the party heads to Eska Howel's house to smash mirrors and the Titan screams "FREE ME!" You can listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/2462261 ...or search for "Humpback Sky" wherever you listen to pods. #podcast #troika

The Quiet Year game with a slightly different group. We made it to Autumn and called it a night, really love the world we've built so far.

Can too much collaboration be a bad thing? This is a snippet from episode 107 of the Slight Reliability podcast in which Luke MacManus introduces Team Topologies. youtube.com/shorts/qxgN4...

My #dnd group played #TheQuietYear last night remotely using #Miro. Worked really well! Only got to the middle of summer so far but it has been a lot of fun. Highly recommend: buriedwithoutceremony.com/the-quiet-year #tabletop #maps #fantasy

This week on episode 107 of #SlightReliability I'm joined by Luke McManus to learn more about #TeamTopologies. How can we use them to deliver value simpler and more effectively? Search for "Slight Reliability" wherever you listen to pods or here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LG5s... #tech #leadership

A woman makes an offering to the Magnanimous Mysterium on 🐋Tales from the Humpback Sky🐋 S01E14. To hear the whole episode search for "Humpback Sky" wherever you listen to pods. #troika #dnd #tabletop #rpg #podcast

This week on 🐋Tales from the Humpback Sky🐋 Owen and Ridge infiltrate the Temple of the Opulent Oracle (with explosive consequences). To listen search for "Humpback Sky" wherever you listen to pods, or directly here: www.buzzsprout.com/2462261 #troika #dnd #tabletop #rpg #podcast

Caught up with Tales from the Humpback Sky GM Tom Wardle this weekend. We played Longshot City with a big group! #troika

What's it like contributing to #kubernetes? How do I get started? This week on #SlightReliability I'm joined by Wendy Ha to unpack just that! To listen search for "Slight Reliability" wherever you listen to pods or watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDOp... #sre #opensource

This week on 🐋Tales from the Humpback Sky🐋 Owen and Ridge get creative in their attempts to infiltrate the Temple of the Opulent Oracle. To listen search for "Humpback Sky" wherever you listen to pods. #troika #dnd #tabletop #rpg #podcast

If you want to influence leaders in your org, start with empathy for them first. Understand their challenges, their context. This is a snippet from myself and Nora Jones on the Slight Reliability podcast. #tech #leadership youtube.com/shorts/0VALA...

Senior engineers in #tech need business context. This is a snippet from Nora Jones speaking on the Slight Reliability podcast. To listen to the whole episode search for "Slight Reliability" on YouTube or wherever you listen to pods. #sre #leadership www.youtube.com/shorts/oa0Zp...

Dad passed a year ago today. Still don't fully accept it. Miss you dad.

"Fantasy stories are weird stuff... justified" -Tom Wardle

As an #SRE, how do you influence senior leadership to get support and priority for the things you care about? This week on #SlightReliability I'm joined by Nora Jones to answer this question. YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKTe... Buzzsprout: www.buzzsprout.com/1698445/epis... #tech #leadership

This week on 🐋Tales from the Humpback Sky🐋... "Are we the good guys?" -Owen and Ridge. You can listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/2462261 ...or search for "Humpback Sky" from wherever you listen to pods. #troika #dnd #tabletop #rpg #podcast

"You vibe it, you run it" - someone on /r/sre

Tales From The Humpback Sky recording has just begun. One of the highlights of my week.

How many people listen to the #SlightReliability podcast? How do I feel about it? What's next? This week I do an honest retrospective on the Slight Reliability #podcast www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rft... (or search for "Slight Reliability" wherever you listen to pods) #sre #reliability #tech

A BEAUTIFUL PINK PIG 🐖 What could possibly go wrong? This week on 🐋Tales from the Humpback Sky🐋... Owen and Ridge confront a strange pig named Innocent Fig. Search for "Humpback Sky" from wherever you listen to pods or direct from the host: www.buzzsprout.com/2462261 #troika #dnd #podcast

Burnout is not about being overworked! In this snippet from the Slight Reliability podcast, Colette Alexander beautifully articulates what burnout is really about 🔥. Search for "Slight Reliability" wherever you listen to pods. #resilience #burnout #mentalhealth www.youtube.com/shorts/sl8Jm...

What does burnout feel like? Five years ago I burned out at work 🔥. In this snippet from Slight Reliability I share how that felt. To listen to the full episode search for "Slight Reliability" on YouTube or wherever you listen to pods. #tech #mentalhealth #burnout www.youtube.com/shorts/OZFdV...

Oh hey! I did an interview on the Operationally Intelligent podcast... here's a little snippet of my chat with Adam! #sre #reliability #observability #tech

Did you know that our popular Operationally Intelligent podcast also comes in bite-sized shorts? Here is Stephen Townshend of IAG sharing his insights on organisation boundaries and collaboration across teams www.youtube.com/shorts/j6Fgt... #podcast #engineering #sre #operationalintelligence

Have you burned out at work? 🔥 What was your experience? How did you work through it? This week on Slight Reliability I'm joined by the incredible Colette Alexander to discuss what burnout is, what it means, and we both share our experiences burning out at work. www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0H0...

In 24 hours the next episode of Slight Reliability is released... from the image alone... any ideas of the topic or the guest? #sre #reliability #observability

I've been pulled into doing a lot of hands on work recently, and I see that as a failure of my #leadership. Success for me would be that I'm able to delegate, or coach others in the team in this set of capabilities. #tech #management

I committed to posting a thought, idea, or question every day to force myself to reflect on work (and life)... and it's not going very well so far!

How do *you* protect yourself from Time Rime? On this episode of 🐋Tales from the Humpback Sky🐋... Owen and Ridge go shopping and seek a temporal binder at Simmeon Sours' Sundries and Such! To listen search for "Humpback Sky" wherever you listen to pods. @melsonian-arts-council.itch.io #troika

Here's a little snippet with John Allspaw from Slight Reliability #100 on the perception of learning in organisations. To listen to the whole episode search for "Slight Reliability" wherever you listen to pods or on YouTube. #learning #resilience #tech #podcast www.youtube.com/shorts/i4thi...

With how much my work runs via chat threads and meetings, I'd forgotten the value of a well thought out and presented e-mail ✉️. It's a nice opportunity to switch from fast to slow thinking, get my thoughts in order, and articulate an argument effectively. #tech #leadership #comms

You've probably never thought about #mobile and #o11y (I certainly hadn't) deeply... here's a 1 minute snippet of @bidetofevil.wtf speaking about it on episode 102 of the Slight Reliability podcast. #observability #sre #reliability www.youtube.com/shorts/Iih92...

Is trying to monitor your 📱mobile app like staring into an abyss of silent failures? 🌌 This week on Slight Reliability I'm joined by Android #reliability superstar @bidetofevil.wtf to unpack the undeveloped field of #mobile #observability. #sre #podcast www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ve1Z...

🎙️ Dropping in 24 hours 🎙️ 🔥 When the crash report is just the beginning... 📱 The next episode of Slight Reliability unpacks the mostly unchartered waters of #mobile #observability! Until then, you can find over a hundred other episodes on YouTube or your podcast app of choice.

Everyone has their own 🧠 mental models. Comparing and contrasting with others allows us to evolve our own models, which is important when working in #complex #systems. A snippet from episode #101 of the Slight Reliability podcast. #tech #resilience #thinking www.youtube.com/shorts/3dVCZ...

Here's a cheeky little snippet from Tales from the Humpback Sky episode 9. If you want to hear more search for "Humpback Sky" wherever you listen to pods. #troika #podcast www.youtube.com/shorts/xwmPT...

My team has grown to a size where it's too big to run as one squad. I have so many questions. I have some ideas, but would love to hear your thoughts. How have you negotiated teams expanding beyond the "two pizza" size? What lessons did you learn? #tech #management #leadership