Slight Reliability

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Farewell

September 08, 2026

Send us Fan MailToday I announce the end of Slight Reliability after 4 1/2 years, 125 episodes, and 75 unique guests from around the world.To listen to Tales from the Humpback Sky search for "Humpback Sky" wherever you listen to pods or directly from...Buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2462261YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYUbPjdZs6UYou can find me on:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephentownshend/Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/slightreliability.bsky.socia...

Becoming a Better Leader with Helen Cuddy (Episode 125)

August 11, 2026

Send us Fan MailHow do you become an effective leader that gets the best out of people (and yourself)?This week I'm joined by technology leader Helen Cuddy to cover just this! We discuss...🪴 Getting the best out of people🤝 Building trust🌌 How leadership differs depending on the org size🤯 The need for good leadership even with smart engineers🪞 The role of belief and self-perception...and much more.You can find Helen on...LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/helencuddy/In the episode we d...

Effective Alerting with Krishna Vinnakota (Episode 124)

July 14, 2026

Send us Fan MailHow do you design, implement and evolve effective alerting of your services and systems?This week I'm joined by Krisha Vinnakota, Senior SRE @ Microsoft to dive into this topic. We cover...👩‍💻 Treating your alerts like production code✅The link between SLOs and alerting🌡️ How do you decide what thresholds to set?🔊 Signal to noise ratio and how to manage it🐒 Chaos engineering and postmortems are levers to improve alerting...and much more.You can find Krishna on...LinkedIn: ...

Ship Happens · Medium booking difficulty · < 100 listeners

Day Two DevOps · Medium booking difficulty · 100 - 1,000 listeners

How do I get in touch with Slight Reliability?

Slight Reliability is hosted by Stephen Townshend. Its publicly listed email is stownshend@gmail.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 Slight Reliability?

The publicly listed email for Slight Reliability: stownshend@gmail.com.

How many listeners does Slight Reliability have?

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

Who is an ideal guest for Slight Reliability?

Slight Reliability typically books working professionals with real expertise. Typical guest background: Experienced SRE, DevOps, platform engineering, cloud operations, or reliability professionals with hands-on expertise and practical lessons to share. Common among recent guests: Senior roles at established technology companies; Open-source software projects; Consulting or specialist expertise in SRE and DevOps. Recent guests include Krishna Vinnakota, Charlie Al-Batty, and Amin Astaneh.

How hard is it to get booked on Slight Reliability?

Low. A guest with relevant expertise and a clear angle for its audience has a realistic chance.

What topics does Slight Reliability cover?

Recent episodes cover Site Reliability, Devops, Cloud Computing, Kubernetes, and Automation. Pitch an idea tied to one of these topics and mention a recent episode.