Incidentally Reliable Podcast

Welcome to the The Incidentally Reliable Podcast, where we dive into the world of engineering and bring you first-hand experiences and captivating insights from experts in the ever-evolving front lines of DevOps and Site Reliability.With a new guest every episode, learn how elusive reliability can be as we peek into their journey in the industry so far, engineering innovations made in distress, manoeuvred nightmares, their war-room stories, and their opinions on the current state of the space.

Incidentally Reliable Podcast is a technology podcast hosted by Zenduty, with 18 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Zenduty hosts Incidentally Reliable Podcast, a technology show with 18 episodes published.

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  Episode #2

  Never Let AI Touch Prod Alone | Incidentally Reliable S3 E2

  Jul 24, 202621 minS3

  Host Jim Hirschauer sits down with our guest Zahan Parekh, founder of Gimic, to talk runbooks, why they go stale, and why AI still needs a human in the loop before it touches production. They also get into governance, access control, and audit trails, the guardrails regulated industries rely on before letting AI near prod.️ Incidentally Reliable is brought to you by Xurrent. Learn more: https://www.xurrent.com/incident-management-response Guest: Zahan Parekh, Founder of Gimic https://gimic-tech.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/zahan-parekh-1a5bb21b0/ #IncidentallyReliable #SRE #DevOps #AIAutomation #IncidentManagement #Xurrent #Podcast #ProductionEngineering #platformengineering

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  Episode #1

  The Zenduty Journey, AI-Native Response, and a New Host | Incidentally Reliable S3E1

  Feb 13, 202638 minS3

  We are back for Season 3 of the Incidentally Reliable podcast! 🎙️In this season premiere, we are kicking off a new chapter as part of Xurrent. Our new host, Jim Hirschauer, sits down with podcast veteran and Zenduty co-founder, Vishwa, for a special throwback episode.They take a trip down memory lane to uncover the real story behind Zenduty, why it was built, how this podcast started, and the massive "needle in the haystack" observability problem that still plagues SRE teams today.💡 In this episode, we cover:-The transition from Zenduty to Xurrent: What’s changing?-Why observability tools often create more noise, not less.-The "Culture vs. Tooling" debate: Why you can't buy reliability.Jim’s vision for Season 3.----------------------------------------------------------------------🔗 Connect with us:Website: https://www.xurrent.com/podcastLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/xurrent/#SRE #SiteReliabilityEngineering #Podcast #Zenduty #Xurrent #DevOps #IncidentManagement #TechPodcast #SeasonPremiere

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  Episode #4

  Once an SRE, always an SRE | Incidentally Reliable with Sudarshan Balakrishna

  Aug 1, 202556 minS2

  <p>In this episode, Sudarshan shares his experience leading high-performing SRE and infrastructure teams at Rippling, Twilio, Walmart, and Epsilon. He talks about reducing CI/CD costs by 60 percent, cutting on-call alerts by 65 percent, and the mindset required to build resilient systems.</p>

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  Episode #3

  CTRL + ALT + Scale: Building More Than Just Code | Incidentally Reliable with Sakshi Jain

  Jun 18, 202555 minS2

  <p>In this episode, Madhu Rawat (CTO, Xurrent) sits down with Sakshi — Co-founder and Head of Engineering at Kapstan, with leadership experience at Sumo Logic and UpGrad. They discuss the evolution of observability, building for scale, the role of AI in incident management, and what it means to lead engineering teams through change.</p>

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  Episode #2

  Redefining ITxM with Zenduty × Xurrent | Incidentally Reliable

  May 21, 202545 minS2

  <p>In this episode, Phil (CPO) and Madhu (CTO) from Xurrent sit down with Vishwa and Ankur from Zenduty to talk about ITxM, building for reliability across teams, and how product and platform thinking come together in real-world incident workflows.</p><p><br></p>

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