Episodes

  • Episode 9: Jon Reeve

    Episode 9: Jon Reeve
    Dec 14 2025
    Discusses 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.
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    42 mins
  • Episode 8: Aaron 'Checo' Pacheco

    Episode 8: Aaron 'Checo' Pacheco
    Oct 29 2025
    Explores 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.
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    53 mins
  • Episode 7: Sebastian Vietz

    Episode 7: Sebastian Vietz
    Sep 7 2025
    Discusses 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.
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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Episode 6: Chris Evans

    Episode 6: Chris Evans
    Jul 13 2025
    Explores 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.
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    51 mins
  • Episode 5: Derek Brown

    Episode 5: Derek Brown
    Mar 31 2025
    Compares 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.
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    55 mins
  • Episode 4: Kat Gaines

    Episode 4: Kat Gaines
    Mar 14 2025
    Examines 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.
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    59 mins
  • Episode 3: Michael Abed

    Episode 3: Michael Abed
    Jan 5 2025
    Chronicles 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.
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    47 mins
  • Episode 2: Ricardo Amaro

    Episode 2: Ricardo Amaro
    Nov 18 2024
    Reflects 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.
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    55 mins