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Reliability RebelsEpisode 9: Jon ReeveDiscusses 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 accessible observability experiences for software engineers. Guest: Jon Reeve, founder and CPO of ControlTheory (controltheory.com). Show Notes Available at https://podcast.certomodo.io/jon-reeve.html.
2025-12-1441 min
Reliability RebelsEpisode 8: Aaron 'Checo' PachecoExplores 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 https://podcast.certomodo.io/aaron-pacheco.html.
2025-10-2952 min
Reliability RebelsEpisode 7: Sebastian VietzDiscusses 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.
2025-09-071h 06
Reliability RebelsEpisode 6: Chris EvansExplores 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.
2025-07-1351 min
Reliability RebelsEpisode 5: Derek BrownCompares 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.
2025-03-3154 min
Reliability RebelsEpisode 4: Kat GainesExamines 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.
2025-03-1458 min
Reliability RebelsEpisode 3: Michael AbedChronicles 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.
2025-01-0546 min
Reliability RebelsEpisode 2: Ricardo AmaroReflects 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.
2024-11-1854 min
Reliability RebelsEpisode 1: Rick GormanInaugural 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.
2024-11-101h 12
Slight ReliabilitySlight Reliability Episode 82 - CI/CD with Amin AstanehSend a textThis week I sit down and have a discussion with Amin Astaneh (from Certo Modo) about CI/CD. We cover the power of the standard change as a way to navigate ITIL while still implementing DevOps practices, what to monitor to make your CI/CD observable, single piece flow, testing in production, and so much more.You can find Amin on his company website https://certomodo.io, LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aminastaneh/ and Twitter: https://twitter.com/aastanehYou can find the official Slight Reliability podcast website at...
2024-02-1325 min
Slight ReliabilitySlight Reliability Episode 70 - Meta SRE with Amin AstanehSend a textAmin Astaneh (from Certo Modo) is back to discuss his experience working as a production engineer (SRE equivalent) at Meta.Stephen and Amin discuss what it's like interviewing for big tech, "you build it, you own it", different SRE engagement models, SRE at different sizes of organisation, socialising your SRE success as a way to get traction, and so much more.You can find Amin on his company website https://certomodo.io, LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aminastaneh/ and Twitter: https://twitter.com/aastanehThe books Amin...
2023-10-0342 min
ITOps, DevOps, AIOps - All Things OpsEp 24 - Lessons From Hyperscale: How Ex-Meta’s Amin Astaneh Helps Tech Companies Reduce Costs With Modern DevOps & SREAmin Astaneh is an SRE veteran with over 12 years of experience working at major tech companies such as Acquia and Meta. Now, Amin is spearheading his own venture, Certo Modo, a technology consultancy that helps tech companies reduce their operational costs, increase efficiency, and improve the customer experience using DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering.In this episode, you'll learn:1. What makes the perfect Site Reliability Engineer?2. The reasons for and benefits of a DevOps transformation3. The most important tools for modern Site Reliability Engineering4. Real behind-the-scenes stories of major...
2023-08-1551 min
Day Two DevOpsBecoming An SRE - It's More Than Just Software SkillsIf you want to be a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) you need strong software skills. You also have to be versed in observability, incident response, capacity planning, change management, performance, even security. But wait, there's more! Our guest on today's Day Two Cloud argues you need strong communication skills, emotional intelligence, personal resilience, and the ability to work with a team. Our guest is Amin Astaneh.
2023-07-1956 min
The Everything Feed - All Packet Pushers PodsDay Two Cloud 203: Becoming An SRE – It’s More Than Just Software SkillsIf you want to be a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) you need strong software skills. You also have to be versed in observability, incident response, capacity planning, change management, performance, even security. But wait, there's more! Our guest on today's Day Two Cloud argues you need strong communication skills, emotional intelligence, personal resilience, and the ability to work with a team. Our guest is Amin Astaneh.
2023-07-1956 min
The Fat Pipe - Most Popular Packet Pushers PodsDay Two Cloud 203: Becoming An SRE – It’s More Than Just Software SkillsIf you want to be a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) you need strong software skills. You also have to be versed in observability, incident response, capacity planning, change management, performance, even security. But wait, there's more! Our guest on today's Day Two Cloud argues you need strong communication skills, emotional intelligence, personal resilience, and the ability to work with a team. Our guest is Amin Astaneh.
2023-07-1956 min
The Everything Feed - All Packet Pushers PodsDay Two Cloud 203: Becoming An SRE – It’s More Than Just Software SkillsIf you want to be a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) you need strong software skills. You also have to be versed in observability, incident response, capacity planning, change management, performance, even security. But wait, there's more! Our guest on today's Day Two Cloud argues you need strong communication skills, emotional intelligence, personal resilience, and the ability to work with a team. Our guest is Amin Astaneh.
2023-07-1956 min
Slight ReliabilitySlight Reliability Episode 60 - From Zero to SRE with Amin AstanehSend a textIn this episode Amin Astaneh from Certo Modo discusses his experience undertaking an SRE transformation over several years.Stephen and Amin cover a lot of ground including making ops work visible, measuring toil, the power of calculating the $ value of work, getting developers on-call, the embedded model for SRE, SLOs, culture change, and a whole lot more.You can find Amin on his company website https://certomodo.io, LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aminastaneh/ and Twitter: https://twitter.com/aastanehThe books Amin mentions are......
2023-07-1142 min
Practical Operations Podcast Episode FeedEpisode 137 - Amin AstanehWhere we have Amin Astaneh on as a guest to discuss DevOps transitions, culture, consultancies and how to move forward in this career.
Comments for the episode are welcome - at the bottom of the show notes for the episode there is a Disqus setup, or you can email us at feedback@operations.fm.
Links for Episode 137:
Certo Modo
MongoDB is Webscale
Emotional Warrior
Certo Modo Substack
BOFH
DevOps Meetup Talk - Demystifying SRE
8 Steps For Leading Change
2023-06-2858 min