Episodes

143
May 12, 2026

Harnessing AI With Lev Andelman

This week, we're joined by Lev Andelman to chat about AI and how Platform Engineering and DevOps are evolving to meet it via Harness Engineering.
142
April 13, 2026

Built for Devs With Tessa Kriesel Part 2

In the second half of our discussion with Tessa, Daniel and Mandi talk more about DevRel.
141
April 7, 2026

Built for Devs With Tessa Kriesel

In this two-part episode, Tessa joins Mandi and Daniel to talk about the launch of Built for Devs and how DevRel can enhance the work of product teams.
140
Feb. 17, 2026

The Knight Capital Disaster

How much damage can one bad deployment do? In the case of Knight Capital, enough to destroy the company. Join us as we dig into this notorious software failure and the lessons that we can learn from it.
139
Feb. 3, 2026

Book Club: Frictionless

This week, Daniel and Mandi discuss the new book "Frictionless" by Nicole Forsgren and Abi Noda.
138
Jan. 20, 2026

Founder's Journey With Prashanth Tondapu

Every founder takes their own path, from the first project, to the first hire, to scaling their business. Prashanth Tondapu, CEO of Innostax, shares what his journey has looked like as the founder of a technical consultancy.
137
Jan. 6, 2026

AI in Security

AI is changing the way a lot of technical teams are doing their jobs, and security teams are no exception. In this episode, we talk with Oren Saban of Mate Security about the impact of AI on the security space and the potential for increasing...
136
Nov. 18, 2025

MTTR and Beyond

You've probably heard of MTTR. That alone is a big reason why it comes up in discussions about improving incident response. But is MTTR the correct metric? Is it enough? There's plenty to debate about MTTR. Rich joins Mandi to talk through...
135
Sept. 2, 2025

Monitoring to Observability With Satbir Singh

The transition from traditional monitoring technologies to modern observability tools can leave teams confused. Satbir Singh joins us to talk about the new goals of observability tooling and how it will help teams conquer challenges in complex...
134
July 15, 2025

The Interest Is Compounding: All About Tech Debt

Today’s episode is about technical debt, not as a cautionary tale, but as a lens. We take a closer look at where debt comes from, how it quietly rewires teams, and why paying it off is rarely just a matter of “cleaning up code.” Along the way,...
133
July 1, 2025

Alert Fatigue With Boaz Barzel

Alert fatigue can happen to anyone working in environments with a lot of signals from different sources. In security, teams are dealing with potential threats reported by tools running across the organization. Dealing with all the alerts,...
132
June 24, 2025

Autonomy in Action: Agentic AI

AI used to wait for instructions. Now, it doesn’t always ask. In this opening episode, we explore the rise of agentic AI systems that don’t just respond to input, but take initiative, set goals, and act on their own. We break down what...
131
June 10, 2025

All Your Tools in One Toy Basket: Backstage’s Past, Present, and Future With Avantika Iyer

After a small chat at PagerDuty on Tour London, Avantika Iyer joins us to chat about IDPs, give us a story lesson on Backstage, and give us a glimpse into its future
130
April 15, 2025

Scaling Runbook Automation Across Enterprise With Andy Slater

Right before hoping on stage at PagerDuty on Tour London, Andy Slater joins us to chat about automation and how at Specsavers they scaled from 0 to over 1000 automated runbooks
129
April 1, 2025

From Legacy to AI-Powered Digital Operations With Andrew White

Right before hoping on stage at PagerDuty on Tour London, Andrew White joins us to chat about their journey at Checkout.com to migrate from legacy operations, how AI helped this and how to balance cultural changes.
128
March 18, 2025

Melting Servers, Disaster Recovery and AI Agents With Laura Morgan

Right before their session at PagerDuty on Tour London, Laura Morgan joins us to chat about first incident stories, the future of AI in Spotify and more.
127
March 4, 2025

The Dark Side of Open Source With Dotan Horovits.

Dotan Horovits joins us this week to chat about what's been going on in the world of Open Source, license changes, and community forks.
126
Dec. 17, 2024

2024 Wrap

It's the end of a very busy year, with a team that is half brand-new! The gang's all here for our 2024 wrap episode.
125
Dec. 2, 2024

Welcome Daniel!

This week, Mandi talks to our newest Dev Advocate, Daniel Afonso. Daniel joins our team in Portugal.
124
Nov. 5, 2024

EBPF and the Observability Landscape With Shahar Azulay

This week, Groundcover CEO and Co-Founder Shahar Azulay joins us to talk eBPF and what's next in observability.
123
Oct. 15, 2024

Welcome Sid!

This week we chat with our newest Developer Advocate, Sid Verma.
122
Sept. 3, 2024

Managing Vendor Incidents With Jeff Martens

Incidents are stressful, but we can use them to learn more about our systems in order to improve. What can we do about incidents that happen with the vendors we rely on? Jeff Martens returns to the show to talk about managing vendor incidents.
122
Aug. 27, 2024

August Book Club With Mark Peters: Confident DevOps

It's time to get back to learning! This month's book club pick is *Confident DevOps* by Mark Peters, and Mark joins Mandi to chat about the book.
120
Aug. 20, 2024

Grafana With Brandy Smith

This week Brandy Smith joins Mandi to talk all things Grafana, and some cool Raspberry Pi projects!