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O11ycast

Ken Rimple, Jessica Kerr

Booking Overview

This is a technical interview show focused on observability, reliability engineering, software development practices, and the impact of artificial intelligence on engineering teams, typically featuring senior practitioners and technology leaders. Credible pitches include observability and SRE executives, developer-tools founders, software engineering researchers, and experts in AI evaluation or production reliability; booking difficulty is medium because the show seeks specialized industry expertise rather than broad celebrity recognition.

Metrics

Episodes: 92

Frequency: Monthly

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 100 - 1,000

Gender skew: Male

Listener location: USA

YouTube: 1.9k subscribers

Instagram: 94 followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

membership@heavybit.com

press@heavybit.com

content@heavybit.com

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Host

Ken Rimple - Software architect, technology educator, and developer advocate focused on software development and engineering practices.

Jessica Kerr - Software engineer and conference speaker known for her work on software development, programming practices, and engineering culture.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Senior engineering, observability, reliability, developer-tools, or AI product leadership; demonstrated experience applying these disciplines in production environments.
Required Achievements:  
Leading engineering or AI product teams, Building software platforms or developer tools, Developing production reliability, evaluation, or observability practices

Recent Guest Discussions

Ray Myers - Observability, Reliability Engineering, Formal Software Practices, AI Coding Agents, Testing, And Verification.

Janaki Vivrekar - Ai-powered Analytics Agents, Evaluation Frameworks, Eval-driven Development, Production Feedback Loops, And Observability For AI Systems.

Cory Ondrejka - Agentic AI, Software Engineering’s Changing Role, Outcome Engineering, And Measuring Real-world Impact.

Recent Topics

Observability, Reliability Engineering, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Developer Tools

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
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Ep. #93, Adaptive Sampling Strategies with Mike Goldsmith

August 28, 2026

On episode 93 of o11ycast, Ken Rimple and Martin Thwaites sit down with Mike Goldsmith to explore how teams can control telemetry costs without sacrificing the data they need to understand their systems. They discuss choosing the right signals, reducing repetitive logs, building more efficient OpenTelemetry Collector pipelines, and using dynamic sampling to preserve valuable traces while cutting unnecessary volume.

Ep. #92, Confidence Is the New Bottleneck with Ray Myers

July 09, 2026

On episode 92 of o11ycast, Ray Myers joins Ken and Jess to explore how observability, reliability engineering, and formal software engineering practices are becoming even more important as AI coding agents take on larger roles in development. Rather than viewing AI as a replacement for established engineering disciplines, Ray argues that techniques like continuous delivery, testing, specifications, and formal verification provide the confidence needed to safely harness AI-generated code.

Ep. #91, Every Failure Becomes an Eval with Janaki Vivrekar

June 04, 2026

On episode 91 of o11ycast, Ken Rimple and Jess Kerr sit down with Janaki Vivrekar. Janaki shares how Amplitude is building AI-powered analytics agents, why evaluation frameworks are becoming essential to AI product development, and how teams can use observability techniques to improve agent performance over time. The conversation explores eval-driven development, production feedback loops, and the challenges of helping AI systems reason about complex business data.

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Frequently asked questions

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How do I get in touch with O11ycast?

O11ycast is hosted by Ken Rimple and Jessica Kerr. Its publicly listed emails are membership@heavybit.com, press@heavybit.com, and content@heavybit.com. For guest bookings, the host or producer is usually the best person to reach. Podseeker helps you find direct host and producer contacts and pitch from your own inbox.

What is the email for O11ycast?

The publicly listed emails for O11ycast: membership@heavybit.com, press@heavybit.com, and content@heavybit.com.

How many listeners does O11ycast have?

Podseeker estimates O11ycast reaches 100 to 1,000 listeners per episode. Only the publisher has exact numbers.

Who is an ideal guest for O11ycast?

O11ycast typically books industry leaders. Typical guest background: Senior engineering, observability, reliability, developer-tools, or AI product leadership; demonstrated experience applying these disciplines in production environments. Common among recent guests: Leading engineering or AI product teams; Building software platforms or developer tools; Developing production reliability, evaluation, or observability practices. Recent guests include Ray Myers, Janaki Vivrekar, and Cory Ondrejka.

How hard is it to get booked on O11ycast?

Medium. Guests usually need solid credentials in the topic and an idea that fits the show.

What topics does O11ycast cover?

Recent episodes cover Observability, Reliability Engineering, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, and Developer Tools. Pitch an idea tied to one of these topics and mention a recent episode.

Publicly listed emails

membership@heavybit.com

press@heavybit.com

content@heavybit.com

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