Software Gone Wild by ipSpace.net

Ivan Pepelnjak

Booking Overview

This is a technical interview podcast focused on real-world software-defined networking, network automation, network virtualization, and infrastructure architectures, typically featuring experienced practitioners, engineers, and founders. Credible pitches include network automation architects, infrastructure software founders, SDN/NFV specialists, network telemetry experts, and practitioners with demonstrable production or open-source contributions; booking difficulty is medium because the show targets a specialized technical audience and favors deeply experienced guests.

Metrics

Episodes: 125

Frequency: Monthly

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1,000 - 10,000

Gender skew: Male

Listener location: USA

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

devnull@ipspace.net

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Host

Ivan Pepelnjak - Network architect, author, and instructor specializing in practical network automation, software-defined networking, network virtualization, and infrastructure architecture.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Deep hands-on experience designing, deploying, automating, or developing network infrastructure and software-defined networking systems. Strong candidates are network automation practitioners, infrastructure software founders, open-source project leaders, or engineers with substantial production-scale implementation experience.

Required Achievements:

Leadership of network automation or infrastructure software projects, Development or maintenance of open-source networking tools, Successful production deployments of complex network architectures, Applied research or advanced technical work in artificial intelligence for network engineering

Recent Guest Discussions

Dinesh Dutt - Using Netlab For Software Testing, Network Automation, Ansible, And Testing Suzieq Features.

Andrew Yourtchenko - Practical Applications Of Artificial Intelligence In Networking, Automation At Scale, And Ipv6 Deployment.

Urs Baumann - The State Of Network Automation And The Potential Impact Of Artificial Intelligence On Network Engineering.

Dinesh Dutt - NETCONF, Gnmi, Protobufs, Screen Scraping, Network Telemetry, And The Gap Between Vendor Theory And Operational Reality.

Damien Garros - Infrahub, Network Automation Tooling, Graph Databases, And Use Cases For Network Infrastructure Teams.

Recent Topics

Technology, Networking, Network Automation, Software Defined Networking, Network Infrastructure

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Software Gone Wild by ipSpace.net

Using netlab in Software Testing with Dinesh Dutt

August 28, 2026

I know a few software development companies use netlab to test their network management software (and contribute back to netlab – thanks a million!), and I always wanted to chat about that. As I have known Dinesh Dutt for ages, it wasn’t hard to decide who to invite to have that chat with ;) As it turns out, it’s dangerous to put Dinesh1 and me in the same (virtual) room – we were all over the place, from the ancient history of Vagrant in networking labs to the recent ...

AI in Networking with Andrew Yourtchenko

June 12, 2026

I always wanted to find someone who is more positive about AI than I am, while having solid “can deliver working stuff at scale” credentials. Andrew Yourtchenko definitely fits the bill. I first met him (online) when he was still an engineer in Cisco TAC, and when we finally met in person, he was busy automating the deployment of Cisco Live networking infrastructure. He was also instrumental in bringing us closer to ubiquitous IPv6 deployment with Happy Eyeballs.

State of Network Automation with Urs Baumann

April 24, 2026

I stopped tracking the (lack of) progress in network automation years ago, when I realized I had nothing new to say. As an eternal optimist, I hoped I was just missing something, but Urs Baumann (the guest of Software Gone Wild Episode 206) destroyed my hopes when he said, “I can still use the same slides I created 10 years ago”. On a more positive note, he recently completed his Master’s thesis on AI in network engineering, so we ended with a nice chat on its potential impact.

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