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Engineering manager, #SRE, #performance engineer, host of the Slight Reliability podcast. #RPG and tabletop gaming. Co-host of Tales from the Humpback Sky - a real-play #Troika podcast.
This week on 🐋Tales from the Humpback Sky🐋 Owen and Ridge return to the Society of Reformed Pseudomorphs to find pandemonium. What shameful secrets will they uncover?
To listen search for "Humpback Sky" wherever you listen to pods - OR - directly from Buzzsprout: www.buzzsprout.com/2462261
I try not to overthink the artwork 😂
10.02.2026 07:49 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
This week on #SlightReliability I'm joined by tech engineer, leader, and author of "Human Software - A Life in I.T" Richard Bown to discuss mental health finding meaning at work.
To listen search for "Slight Reliability" wherever you listen to pods or...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpgR...
#tech
This week on Tales from the Humpback Sky Ridge and Owen kick up dust on their new hogs and return to Simeon Sours Sundries and Such.
To listen search for "Humpback Sky" wherever you listen to pods or from Buzzsprout: www.buzzsprout.com/2462261
#podcast #troika #tabletop #rpg #scifi #fantasy
How can we not only learn leadership skills but practice them and build leadership muscle?
This week on #SlightReliability I'm joined by Xiao Zhang to talk about the concept of a leadership gym.
To listen search for "Slight Reliability" wherever you listen to pods.
#leadership #learning #tech
*New episodes every two weeks!*
We kick off 🐋Tales from the Humpback Sky🐋 SEASON TWO in the Screaming Velvet Tavern.
To listen search for "Humpback Sky" wherever you listen to pods - OR - directly from Buzzsprout: www.buzzsprout.com/2462261
#troika #podcast #rpg #fantasy #scifi
Hiding an old lady in paper mache.
If you haven't heard of it before 🐋Tales from the Humpback Sky🐋 is a realplay podcast where Tom, Paul, and I play the sci-fi tabletop RPG #Troika.
To listen search for "Humpback Sky" wherever you listen to pods or on YouTube.
www.youtube.com/shorts/gUYRD...
I'll be re-releasing the Tales from the Humpback Sky on YouTube now that our channel is finally verified! Here's the very first episode.
#Troika #tabletop #rpg #podcast
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgEn...
First episode of Slight Reliability for the year, as is tradition, is a short update on work and life + I share how I prepared for my new role.
To listen search for "Slight Reliability" wherever you listen to pods (or YouTube)
#SRE #reliability #oncall #ops #observability
This incredible Snickers inspired cake my wife made for my birthday
14.01.2026 05:47 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
This week on Tales from the Humpback Sky: Paul, Tom, and I sit down and chat about the show so far. Season two starts in a fortnight!
www.buzzsprout.com/2462261
#podcast #troika #tabletop #rpg #scifi #fantasy
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
20.12.2025 23:58 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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
@melsonian-arts-council.itch.io
09.12.2025 07:44 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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!
11.11.2025 08:17 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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...
Direct link: www.buzzsprout.com/2462261/epis...
28.10.2025 08:07 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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
24.10.2025 02:45 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0@melsonian-arts-council.itch.io
15.10.2025 07:29 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
An mspaint drawing of a scientist (Kennick) kneeling on the ground with a frenetic expression, with mirrors all around him.
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.
11.10.2025 08:36 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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...
