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Send us Fan MailIlan Peleg is the Co-Founder and CEO of Lightrun, the autonomous remediation platform built to debug and fix software problems before they ever reach a customer. Lightrun is one of the fastest growing companies in the AI observability space, having raised $110 million from elite venture firms including Accel, Insight Partners, and Sorenson Capital. Its technology now runs inside mission critical systems at Apple, Salesforce, Citibank, and the New York Stock Exchange.Before founding Lightrun, Ilan spent years as a software developer, watching code succeed in testing and then fail in ways no one could predict once it met real users at scale. That frustration became the founding thesis for a company built around a bold idea: self healing software.In this episode, Ilan draws on his experience building line level, real time telemetry for some of the world's most demanding production environments to make the case that AI reliability depends on grounded evidence, not bigger models, and that the future belongs to practitioners who know how to work with it, not around it.In this conversation, we discuss:How AI agents shift software debugging from reacting to outages to preventing them before they ever reach productionWhy site reliability engineers are being asked to rethink their entire relationship with automation and manual firefightingThe difference between AI workflow automation startups and the ones that will actually survive the next platform shiftWhat actually happens when an AI agent doesn't have the grounded evidence it needs to complete a task correctlyWhy a founder chose to keep his AI observability platform read only, even when customers asked for more autonomyThe architectural bet behind real time, line level telemetry that makes self-healing software possible at enterprise scaleExplore the Conversation00:00 Intro and Fun Fact04:21 Introducing Ilan Peleg04:52 The Lightrun Origin Story08:32 Software in an AI Era10:38 Tracing Code in Real-Time18:08 Shifting Left Observability20:19 Scaling Self-Healing Telemetry25:39 Why Lightrun Stays Read-Only29:23 Can AI Labs Replace It32:26 SREs in an AI World35:15 People Over Product36:32 Early Days in Herzliya39:37 Closing and ConnectingResources:Subscribe to the AI & The Future of Work NewsletterConnect with Ilan Peleg on LinkedInAI fun fact article: Precision Proactivity: Measuring Cognitive Load in Real World AI Assisted Work On How Meredith Broussard, NYU professor and featured expert in Coded Bias, is confronting the social implications of AI -Join Dan Turchin and 4 seasoned technology and people leaders on Sept. 17 for an executive discussion on AI, leadership, and the future of work. Attendees will receive a complimentary personalized AI Maturity Industry Benchmarks Report ($499 value). Reserve your seat: https://go.peoplereign.io/virtual-event-when-intelligence-is-everywhere-intelligence-is-nowhere

Traces provide a detailed view of a request's journey through data, microservices and applications, helping SREs pinpoint where failures occur and resolve issues faster. But while tracing can reduce downtime and developer burnout, collecting every trace creates its own problems. Storing massive volumes of data is expensive, can burden the systems being monitored and makes it harder to find the information that actually matters.The solution isn't abandoning tracing, but being smarter about what gets retained. Head sampling captures only a portion of traces upfront, while tail sampling evaluates completed traces and keeps those most valuable for troubleshooting. Dynamic sampling goes further by filtering repetitive or nearly identical traces before they overwhelm storage.On The New Stack podcast, Sarah Hudspeth of Chronosphere, a Palo Alto Networks company, explains how teams can build a more effective tracing strategy. She breaks down how thoughtful sampling and observability design can turn tracing from a data-hoarding problem into a practical tool for production troubleshooting. Learn more from The New Stack around the latest in tracing:Sampling: the philosopher's stone of distributed tracingHow OpenTelemetry Works: Tracing, Metrics and Logs on KubernetesWhy Synthetic Tracing Delivers Better Data, Not Just More DataJoin our community of newsletter subscribers to stay on top of the news and at the top of your game.

The September 1, 2026, edition of the Closing Market Report, hosted by Illinois Extension's Todd Gleason on Illinois Public Media, provides an in-depth review of key regulatory, market, agronomic, and weather developments impacting agriculture. Agricultural economist Scott Irwin discusses the EPA's decision to grant 1.8 billion gallons in small refinery exemptions (SREs) for 2025, explaining how the agency's supplemental rulemaking to reallocate 100% of those volumes into 2026 and 2027 mandates effectively neutralizes potential demand losses and supports the biodiesel and soy complex. Market analyst Naomi Blohm of Total Farm Marketing reviews the rally in soybean futures above $13 resistance, highlighting strong domestic demand, Chinese export sales, and the market impacts of geopolitical friction in the Black Sea and Middle East. Agricultural economist Nick Paulson explains how surging global sulfur prices—driven by Middle Eastern conflict and petroleum byproduct supply disruptions—are increasing the cost of MAP and DAP phosphate fertilizers ahead of fall applications. Finally, meteorologist Don Day of Day Weather breaks down the persistent, above-average heat across the Corn Belt and evaluates upcoming rainfall chances for early soybean planting in Brazil.01:05 Trump Admin's EPA SRE Announcement a Reallocation05:29 Ag Markets with Naomi Blohm, Total Farm Marketing10:27 Sulfur and Increasing Phosphate Fertilizer Prices20:20 Ag Weather with Don Day, Day Weather ★ Support this podcast ★

Greg Peterson – Machinery Pete – talks about his Pick of the Week plus reports on other recent sales and previews upcoming auctions. Renewable Fuels Association president and CEO Geoff Cooper shares his perspective on EPA plans to issue SREs on 2025-blending requirements and on how California is moving to make E15 available soon. Jake Hanley from Teucrium ETFs discusses rising investments in corn and wheat ETFs, but slow growth in soybean investment.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Clean Fuels Alliance America vice president of federal affairs Kurt Kovarik joins us to explain the issue concerning the Federal Government considering approving 2025 SREs. We visit with 2026 National ASA Conservation Legacy Award winner Alex Forsbach and ASA treasurer Tanner Johnson to learn about the awards and their upcoming Farmer Forum. And Andy Lyon, director of technical assistance at Trust in Food, shares details from a recent TIF report on how ag companies, conservation organizations, and others can engage producers more effectively.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hosted by Todd Gleason, the August 27, 2026, edition of the *Closing Market Report* examines agricultural commodity trends, biofuels policy, and late-summer weather. Matt Bennett of AgMarket.net reviews recent market rallies and advises producers to utilize incremental risk management strategies, while noting that global wheat markets are reacting strongly to escalating Russia-Ukraine tensions. Agricultural economist Scott Irwin discusses the Renewable Fuel Standard and the potential economic fallout if the Trump administration grants more Small Refinery Exemptions (SREs) for 2025. Irwin warns that reversing biomass-based diesel mandates would severely cut soybean oil usage, potentially costing soybean producers billions of dollars. Finally, meteorologist Mike Tannura of Tstorm Weather forecasts a historic, late-season heat wave across the Corn Belt, warning that an impending string of days with temperatures in the 90s will challenge late-stage grain fill and complicate analysts' final yield expectations. The broadcast concludes by highlighting upcoming *farmdoc* webinars and the *Commodity Week* program.02:08 Ag Markets with Matt Bennett, AgMarket.net09:47 SREs and the Price of Soybeans17:09 Ag Weather with Mike Tannura, Tstorm.net ★ Support this podcast ★

Spark Club Podcast 14 August 2026 Highlights – The new SRES support for the missing middle C&I rooftop solar Businesses, farmers to save on solar installations under renewable energy scheme expansion Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen today addresses the National Press Club of Australia to announce that the Australian Anthony Albanese government is expanding the solar discount to include installations up to 1MW in size. This will slash the installation costs for commercial & industrial (C&I) + agricultural buildings by ~20%. Estimates vary, but the technical rooftop potential for solar on C&I and agricultural rooftops could exceed 80GW. The Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme (SRES) limit will be lifted from 100kW to 1,000kW. Minister Bowen is also requesting the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) to consider a rule change to require the network providers to approve C&I solar much more expeditiously and efficiently than they have been doing. Another strong step forward for Australia's energy system transformation to embrace electrification, decarbonisation and energy independence. The Smart Energy Council's Robert Potter earlier this month released a major report on the unrealised potential of the commercial and industrial solar market, and how it could be fulfilled, says the expanded SRES will be "a permanent bill slasher" for farms, factories and warehouses - refer below. Well done SEC   Highlights – Oriign Energy FY2026 results highlight electricity price deflation ahead Simply amazing to see electricity and gas price deflation in the middle of the latest fossil fuel war in the Middle East. Surging global LNG and oil prices, and yet Australia's wholesale electricity prices are coming down in 2026! Congrats Climate & Energy Minister Chris Bowen - deflation in a world of hyper fossil fuel price inflation. Such a contrast to 2022 when Australian energy prices - oil, gas and electricity - went through the roof. The Default Market Offer (DMO) is down from 1 July 2026. Such a contrast to energy bills under the previous mob when Putin invaded Ukraine and we all suffered hyper fossil fuel price inflation, and the resulting cost of living crisis and higher mortgage costs! More #Renewable Energy generation firmed by a massive buildout of batteries- utility scale BESS and behind the meter batteries - is putting some downward pressure on energy prices. The record 2,000 home battery installs per day is helping drive permanently lower electricity prices, and preventing electricity prices going up as per what happened in 2022. 500k BTM battery installs now achieved. Time to embrace electrification of our transport sector, EVs, freight and mining. Time for the $11bn annual imported diesel fuel subsidy to be pivoted into a tailwind for decarbonisation. Lets remove the obstacle to BHP and Rio Tinto embracing electrification and decarbonisation in the Pilbara. Australia is the largest importer of diesel in the world - and our mining sector is the biggest user of imported diesel. We have the solutions, time to cut our $50bn annual imported diesel and oil bill, permanently!   Highlights – GANE and carbon / nature market pricing Great to spend some time at the Growing Australia's Nature Economy (GANE) Yass gathering GANE's mission is to be a positive and active advocate for market-based opportunities that benefit nature, the economy and people. Strengthening Australia's nature-based economy by advocating for environmental markets that deliver real outcomes. A very informative deep dive into the intersection of the need for climate markets, the price on carbon pollution and the integrity of the system to be enhanced to concurrently protect our natural environment while incentivising the repair of our land sector - with the massive opportunities to better serve our nature, farming and indigenous mobs. Climate & Energy Minister Chris Bowen joined us for a lengthy discussion on the Safeguard Mechanism as well as the opportunities for stronger systems for valuing and protecting biodiversity, endangered species, nature and enhancing First Nations self-determination. Australia's land, water and wildlife are under immense strain. Forests are being cleared faster than they can regrow, soils are eroding, and native species are vanishing. At the same time, our climate is changing, with hotter, drier seasons hitting farmers, First Nations communities and regional towns the hardest. Repairing nature at this scale will require investments in the hundreds of billions of dollars, far beyond what governments or charities can afford alone. ACCUs bring in a long term revenue stream to support communities: Savanna burning by our First Nations provides self-determination for our mobs, on-country employment for rangers, with a career path and connection to country that is empowering their communities. for farmers to rebuild farm resilience by restoring soil carbon and water retention, boosting farm productivity whilst providing a second income stream. for conservation groups from reforestation to protect endangered species.   Lowlights Plutocracy Rising Sunrise Energy Metals The rise and rise of the war-profiteering US led plutocracy Near Dubbo, six hours west of Sydney, former Rio Tinto executive Sam Riggall and his team at Sunrise Energy Metals have grabbed control of one of the world's largest and highest quality scandium deposits, in a rich mineral ring around a nickel and cobalt resource. But the global scandium market was tiny and the team could not make the economics work. Now in cahoots with Trump and his administration, plus a couple of billionaires Robert Friedland, Chinese real estate, agriculture and property billionaire Jiang Zhaobai and some other insiders in the US, plus Sam Riggall add a few more billion $$$$$$ to their personal wealth by securing a US Department of Defence $US400m loan. In a related announcement ExxonMobil last week announced record high 2QCY2026 earnings of US$14.5 billion, double that reported last year thanks to Trump's ongoing open-ended war against Iran. The war profits continue to roll-in to the business 'elites' as the rest of the world pays the massive open-ended cost. https://lnkd.in/gaHEbn4g    Main Story – Highlights – The $2.5bn NSW and Fed funding for Tomago The NSW & federal governments have agreed to invest $2.5bn over 10 years to secure the future of Australia's largest aluminium smelter, Tomago Aluminium. Smelter owner Rio Tinto has long threatened closure amid with the end of its long term subsidised coal-fired power supply contract. Now Rio Tinto and partners have agreed to invest another $1.1bn in modernisation & decarbonisation on top of the $2.5bn state and Federal investment package to secure 3GW of new Renewable Energy. Rio Tinto has long threatened Tomago closure when the subsidised coal power contract expired end 2028. The world is embracing decarbonisation and Tomago is >95% export focussed, so Rio has long made it clear green aluminium exports was the only international path forward. Renewable Energy firmed by BESS + DRM (demand response management, flexing down production when the grid is stressed and power prices are too high) supported by gas peakers is the internationally cost competitive solution. Gas will play an important, but small & declining role in grid resilience. Gas is

Send us Fan MailThis week on Just Another Solar Podcast, Nigel, Carl, Logan and Michael dive into the changing face of Australia's solar industry — from the expansion of the SRES program to 1MW and the rise of utility-scale projects, to the increasingly important world of solar piling. Logan and Michael share the story of their four-generation electrical and solar business, why they walked away from residential and commercial solar, and how they built a specialist operation around GPS-controlled piling, mechanical construction and large-scale solar projects. Plus, the latest energy market numbers, batteries, heat pumps, the industry's alleged bribery scandal, and a look at where Australia's massive solar pipeline is heading next.

Host Chip Flory talked SREs, EPA and E15 with Emily Skor, CEO Growth Energy; updated corn, soybean and spring wheat crop estimates with Mindy McMurtry, S&P Global Energy; and RIN market trade and what it tells us about the health of biofuels markets with Jordan Fife, President of Trade, BioUrja.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rob Potter from the Smart Energy Council joins to discuss federal Labor's announcement that it will extend the SRES to rooftop PV projects up to 1 MW and fill the "missing middle" of the solar market.

U.S. Senator Jerry Moran of Kansas joins us for a few minutes with a Farm Bill/E15 update. The Friday Free-for-all is in full swing today with Jim Wiesemeyer of Wiesemeyer's Perspectives podcast and Shaun Haney of RealAgriculture. Topics include plans to reopen border with Mexico, E15, Federal Reserve decision on interest rates, EPA and SREs and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As AI coding agents accelerate software development, they also create new challenges for site reliability engineers (SREs), who are increasingly responsible for debugging systems that no single human fully understands. In this episode ofThe New Stackpodcast, Sam Farid and Nate Heinrich of Chronosphere argue that AI agents should also be used for root-cause analysis, helping teams diagnose failures more quickly as model capabilities continue to improve.  Rather than immediately purchasing a commercial solution, they recommend organizations first build an in-house AI SRE. The process of documenting systems, dependencies, and operational knowledge creates valuable context that enables AI agents to troubleshoot effectively while improving institutional knowledge. Although Chronosphere offers its own AI SRE platform, the hosts emphasize that building an internal prototype helps teams understand their needs before evaluating vendor tools. As AI-generated code becomes more common, organizations that invest in mapping their systems and leveraging AI for operations will be better equipped to reduce downtime and support increasingly complex software environments. Learn more from The New Stack around AI SREs:  5 ways SRE AI agents are set to augment human capabilities The Future of AI in SRE: Preventing Failures, Not Fixing Them AI Reliability Engineering: Welcome to the Third Age of SRE Join our community of newsletter subscribers to stay on top of the news and at the top of your game. 

Send us Fan MailAriel Assaraf is the CEO and co-founder of Coralogix, a leading observability platform that most recently raised $115 million at a unicorn valuation. He started the company in 2014, and today Coralogix serves more than 4,000 customers, monitors more than 500,000 applications, and processes over 3 million events per second.Before co-founding Coralogix, Ariel served in Israel's Elite Intelligence Unit 8200, where the sheer scale and complexity of data he worked with made one thing clear: existing architectures weren't built for what was coming. He later joined Varent Systems, a homeland security company, leading automation, integration, and QA.In this episode, Ariel draws on more than a decade of building at the frontier of data infrastructure to argue that observability is no longer just a tool for preventing downtime. It is becoming the most truthful, real-time source of intelligence any company owns.In this conversation, we discuss:The evolution from the data collection era ("oil phase") to a landfill crisis, and now the AI-driven "brain phase" where telemetry has become the most valuable raw material for business decision makingHow Coralogix separates the data plane from the control plane, storing data in open format on the customer's own infrastructure to enable data ownership, infinite retention, and freedom from vendor lock-inWhy Ariel invested over $100 million in R&D to build query engines that always return answers, not constrained by predefined schemas that agents will quickly exceed How SREs evolve from reactive incident responders into autonomous operators as agents like Ollie, Coralogix's AI agent, take over incident triage, root cause analysis, and narrative generationThe emerging role of the AI-forward product manager who sits between customer needs and autonomous agents, reshaping how software gets built, priced, and sold in real timeHow Ariel thinks about linear versus exponential impact as a leadership principle, and why the intuition to prioritize exponential value is something agents will never replicateExplore more in the conversation:00:00 Welcome & AI's societal impact paradox01:53 AI Fun Fact: New data on productivity and employment04:15 Introducing Ariel Assaraf and the Coralogix origin story05:15 Evolving data architecture: from oil to landfill to brain phase07:28 Coralogix's data ownership and open format advantages13:27 From telemetry data lake to autonomous, agent-driven analytics20:00 Building scalable, answer-guaranteeing query engines for complex data25:44 The future of natural language interfaces like Olly for SREs and DevOps28:15 Orchestrating multiple AI agents for better decision-making30:20 Responsibility, autonomy, and the evolving role of customer success35:37 How Coralogix turns telemetry into strategic business decisions38:18 Linear vs. exponential value in your careerResources:Subscribe to the AI & The Future of Work NewsletterConnect with Ariel on LinkedInAI fun fact articleOn How Personalized Healthcare Is Being Transformed Through AI and the Human Microbiome

Courtney Nash of The VOID discusses the role of human expertise in managing complex systems, and how SREs continue to bring critical value even as technology and AI evolve.  

What if agentic AI makes SRE more important, not less? Bennett Gould explains why autonomous AI systems may create more demand for reliability thinking — not less.Everyone seems to think AI is coming for SRE in a hard way.You might have heard the same story:“AI will write the code.”“Agents will handle incidents.”“Copilots will generate the runbooks.”“Automation will reduce operational load.”Yes, the job question is real. If AI can write code, summarize incidents, query observability tools, generate runbooks, and operate across systems, then engineers are right to ask what happens to the work.But here's the part that gets missed: AI does not just automate reliability work. It creates more objects and surface areas that need to be made reliable.Agentic AI is moving from demos into real workflows. These systems are no longer just answering questions. They are querying tools, pulling context, generating changes, and in some cases taking action around production environments.That makes this a Monday morning problem.Teams are already using LLMs for incidents, documentation, observability, infrastructure, and operational decision-making. Somewhere, a team is one demo away from giving an agent access to tools originally designed for humans.That is exactly why I wanted to have this conversation.Bennett Gould is currently a solution engineer at Neubird.ai. His career in SRE and SRE-adjacent work spans large enterprises, cloud, industrial technology, and startups, including AWS, IBM, Siemens, and a YC startup.I wanted to ask him a simple question: What in the agentic AI is happening to SRE?Here are 3 highlights from our talk:1. Agentic AI increases the reliability surface areaThe obvious fear is that AI reduces the need for reliability engineers. Bennett's view was more nuanced. He was clear that engineers still need to adapt. If people do not reskill, stay current, and learn how these systems are forming, there may absolutely be pressure in the job market. But he also argued that AI could create more demand for reliability skills because production complexity is increasing.More code is going into production.More AI-generated code is going into production.More systems that people do not fully understand are going into production.And now autonomous agents are starting to enter production workflows too.That means more surface area. More automation. More operational uncertainty. More ways for things to go wrong.Bennett compared this to Terraform: Infrastructure as code created enormous efficiency gains. But it also created new ways to make very big mistakes very quickly.Before Terraform, most people could not delete all their production resources with a single command. After Terraform, that became technically possible if the system was designed badly enough.Agentic AI follows a similar pattern. With great automation comes great responsibility.Agents can help engineers move faster, query tools, summarize context, and reduce toil. But they can also amplify weak engineering practices, poor boundaries, bad assumptions, and unclear operational ownership. That is not the end of reliability work. That is reliability work entering a new phase.2. Agents can reduce toil, but context is the ceilingOne of the strongest parts of the conversation was Bennett's explanation of where agents can help in incident response. A lot of SRE work involves moving across tools.You may need to query Prometheus, Dynatrace, logs, traces, cloud consoles, ticketing systems, documentation, runbooks, dashboards, and architecture diagrams.The problem is not always that the engineer lacks judgment.Sometimes the problem is that the information is scattered across too many tools, each with its own query language and interface. Bennett gave a simple example: an engineer might be very good at PromQL and very fast when Prometheus is the source of truth. But if the same engineer has to work in a different observability platform with a different query language, their response time can suffer. That is an obvious place where agents can help.The engineer may not need to know every query language perfectly. They need to know what they are looking for and how to reason about the system. The agent can help translate that intent into the right tool calls, queries, and summaries.That could reduce MTTR. It could reduce toil. It could help engineers move faster during incidents.But Bennett also made the limitation clear: You are only as good as the context you have. This is where he introduced two useful concepts:* Context mining* Context distillationContext mining means proactively finding the information that might be useful in a given operational situation.Context distillation means taking large amounts of information — runbooks, Confluence pages, diagrams, documentation, prior incidents — and reducing it into the minimum useful context an LLM or agent can use.That sounds powerful. But there is a catch. Sometimes the context simply is not there.Many of the largest and most complex organizations still run legacy systems where knowledge lives in people's heads, stale documentation, tribal memory, and unwritten assumptions.There may not be a clean process for turning that into usable context. That matters because agents do not magically understand your system. They work with the context they are given. If the context is missing, outdated, or wrong, the agent's usefulness maxes out early.3. Agentic systems are not just LLM demosA basic LLM workflow is relatively easy to demo:You give it a prompt.You connect a few tools.You add some APIs.You get a useful answer.That is impressive, but it is not the same thing as running an agentic system in a meaningful production environment.Bennett made a useful analogy here: running your own infrastructure versus using a hyperscaler.Cloud providers removed a lot of undifferentiated heavy lifting. Most companies do not want to spend half their time racking servers, managing data centers, and dealing with low-level infrastructure when they are trying to serve customers.Agentic systems create similar questions:* What parts of the work should be handled by the system?* What parts still need engineering discipline?* And what has to exist around the model before it is safe and useful?That surrounding structure is where the real work begins. Bennett called this harness engineering. Once you move beyond an LLM demo, you have to think about memory, learning, tool usage, identity, federation, security, evaluations, and guardrails.That is a very different problem from “the model gave a good answer on my laptop.” SREs know why that distinction matters. “It works on my machine” is not an acceptable reliability strategy.A runbook that recovers a thousand-node database cannot be non-deterministic, undocumented, and dependent on someone's local setup. If it is part of the operational backbone, it needs to be reliable.Agentic AI does not remove that requirement. It makes it more important.Bonus: Agents expose weak engineering practicesAgentic AI not only introduces new problems but it also reveals old ones.* Weak APIs.* Brittle runbooks.* Missing context.* Poor evals.* Unclear tool boundaries.* Operational shortcuts.Systems that were designed assuming careful human use may behave very differently when AI agents start using them. That is why this conversation matters for SRE.Agentic AI is not only a productivity story. It is a reliability story.It forces teams to ask whether their existing practices are strong enough for a world where more actions can be generated, recommended, or executed by autonomous systems.The silver lining for reliability workAgentic AI does not remove the need for reliability thinking. It raises the bar for it. The tools will change. The workflows will change. Some tasks will absolutely be automated or reshaped.But the hardest parts of reliability are still the hard parts:* understanding the system* knowing the trade-offs* building reliable operational processes* making good judgment calls under uncertainty and* owning the outcome when something changes in productionThat is why SRE does not disappear in an agentic AI world.It becomes one of the disciplines that makes the agentic AI world survivable.So if your team is already using AI around incidents, observability, runbooks, infrastructure, or production workflows, the question is not whether the future is coming. The future is already in the workflow.The real question is whether your reliability practices are ready for it. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit read.srepath.com

Sherwood Callaway is the founder of Sazabi (YC P26), the AI-native observability platform built for engineering teams who ship fast. He previously founded and exited a YC company — now he's back, betting that logs are all you need to replace Datadog.Logs Are All You Need: Rethinking Observability with AI Agents // MLOps Podcast #381 with Sherwood Callaway, the Founder of Sazabi

- Ag Markets with Matt Bennett- E15, SREs, the Farm Bill, the Senate, and Biofuels- Sen. Tillis Riffs on Ag Policy & China- Ag Weather with Mike TannuraThe May 14th Closing Market Report details declining agricultural commodity prices, legislative developments, and global crop weather. Grain markets closed significantly lower following the President's visit to China, which yielded no new trade agreement on soybean, a situation compounded by varying weather conditions affecting domestic crops. In Washington, the US House narrowly passed a bill permitting year-round E15 fuel sales, which now faces an uncertain future in the Senate alongside ongoing 2026 Farm Bill negotiations. Additionally, Senator Thom Tillis outlined national security concerns regarding Chinese investments in US farmland and meat processing facilities. Weather analysis indicates severe drought is threatening northern US spring wheat and varying precipitation is impacting the Corn Belt, while Europe receives beneficial rains and Brazil's second corn crop faces early dry season challenges. ★ Support this podcast ★

As the software world is transforming from cloud native to AI-native, observability must transform with it. But how exactly? How do we apply this in an existing enterprise with established processes and practices?In this PurePerformance episode, Andi Grabner hosts Hilliary Lipsig and Rob Rati to discuss their new book, Observability in the AI‑Native Era. The conversation explores how AIOps, automation, and modern observability must evolve as systems become cloud‑native, data‑heavy, and AI‑driven.We talk about why old alerting and SLO models no longer scale, how to balance AI with automation and human judgment, and why trust, security, and compliance matter more than ever when machines start making operational decisions. A must‑listen for SREs, platform engineers, and engineering leaders navigating the AI‑native future.Links we discussedBook on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Observability-AI-Native-Era-Artificial-Intelligence-ebook/dp/B0GHZH1YFLHilliary LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hilliary-lipsig-a5935245/Rob LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roberthrati/Andi LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/grabnerandi/

Today we are talking with Andre Elizondo, the Director of Innovation at Mezmo about their open source agentic harness for SREs called AURA. Mezmo got their start handling observability data at scale. Logs, traces, metrics, the usual stuff. AURA is their answer to a growing problem, as system complexity outpaces humans' ability to make sense of all that data, how do you actually make it actionable for AI agents? We get into their approach to context engineering, essentially making data agent ready before it hits the model. Why they built their own orchestrator in Rust? How they handle memory and self-correction in agent loops? Their take on MCP and where it fits versus Skills and code sandboxing and how the SRE role is evolving as agents become trusted teammates. Visit mezmo.com/aura

Michael Fanning, CISO at Splunk, joins The Tech Trek for a grounded conversation on how the security leader role is changing in the AI era. This episode gets into the real tension facing modern CISOs, balancing risk without slowing the business down, hiring for technical depth over narrow credentials, and defining success in a field where perfection is not a realistic metric.This is a practical conversation for security leaders, engineering leaders, founders, and operators trying to make sense of AI adoption inside the enterprise. Mike breaks down why security has to move from fear based messaging to business enablement, why many teams may be overlooking strong security talent hiding in adjacent technical roles, and where AI can either reduce burnout or make it worse.In this episodeWhy the CISO role is becoming more engineering driven and more tightly tied to business outcomesWhere AI creates real leverage for security teams, and where it introduces new operational riskWhy the security talent gap may be as much a hiring mindset problem as a supply problemWhat actually causes burnout in security teams, beyond the usual talking pointsHow to think about success in security when zero incidents is not a serious metricHighlights1:44, The CISO role is shifting from pure protection to business enablement7:11, AI creates leverage for defenders, but it is also accelerating the attacker playbook9:31, The biggest AI security risks, from developer copilots to agent driven decision making14:15, Why security teams need room to experiment with AI or risk falling behind16:58, Only 1 percent of CISOs surveyed prioritized technology to close the skills gap22:16, AI can reduce burnout, but only if it cuts noise instead of creating more of itSecurity is about assessing risk and finding a way to say yes in a way that is responsible.A practical idea worth taking back to your teamLook beyond candidates with formal security titles. Mike makes the case that strong engineers, SREs, and cloud practitioners often already understand the systems, access models, and infrastructure realities that matter most. Security can be taught on top of that foundation.Link to report: https://www.splunk.com/en_us/form/ciso-report.htmlFollow The Tech Trek for more conversations with leaders shaping how technology actually gets built, secured, and scaled.

Are foreclosures rising again — and is the housing market headed toward another 2008-style crash? In this episode of Homeowners Best Real Estate Moves, real estate broker Judy Casad breaks down the latest foreclosure trends, mortgage delinquency data, and why today's homeowners are in a much stronger equity position than during the last housing crisis. Learn what the numbers really mean for homeowners, buyers, and real estate investors in today's market. DATA from NY Fed Charts from Keeping Current Matters HELP US SPREAD THE WORD!!  If you loved this episode, kindly leave us a Review - FOLLOW this show and Share it on Social !  It would mean the world  

Are you selling an investment property in 2026? Before you list, you need to understand the hidden tax risks inside a 1031 exchange strategy. In this episode of the Mastering 1031 Exchange Series, Judy Casad and Qualified Intermediary Milissa Ormiston-Hall break down these key topics: • Cost segregation explained in plain English • Bonus depreciation and why it can backfire • Depreciation recapture and ordinary income tax • Why breaking even doesn't mean zero tax • Gain vs. equity (and why investors confuse them) • How prior 1031 exchanges lower your cost basis • Where to find your adjusted basis (IRS Form 8824) • The key questions to ask your CPA before selling Many investors assume if they don't walk away with much cash, they won't owe taxes. That assumption can be very expensive. If you own rental property, commercial property, or income-producing real estate, this conversation could protect you from a surprise tax bill. Explore the full Mastering 1031 Exchange Series here:

How does tourism actually work behind the scenes along the McKenzie River — and How do weddings, events, and overnight stays support the entire corridor? Our guests take you inside the layered marketing and funding system that helps position the McKenzie River Valley as a destination for celebrations, recreation, and meaningful travel — without losing the character that makes it special. Whether you're a resident, a business owner, a venue operator, or considering an investment along the McKenzie River corridor, this episode explains how the system works — and how you can plug into it. If you listened to Episode 144, Exploring Weddings Along The McKenzie River, this is the follow-up that explains how those efforts are supported, amplified, and sustained. You'll hear from: Carol Tannenbaum, Email  Chair of the McKenzie River Chamber of Commerce Tourism Committee and owner of McKenzie River Lavender, on how local leadership guides tourism funding, wayfinding, storytelling, and community-driven projects. Stephen Hoshaw  Email and Megan Temple  Email  of Travel Lane County (Eugene, Cascades & Coast), on how county-level marketing moves visitors from awareness to booking and supports lodging, venues, and small businesses. Tori Middelstadt, Email Executive Director of the Willamette Valley Visitors Association, on how regional and out-of-state marketing amplifies communities like the McKenzie River and helps fund destination development projects. Together, we explore: • How transient lodging tax dollars are reinvested locally • Why gateway signage, visitor centers, and interpretive projects matter • How layered marketing (local → county → regional → state) increases overnight stays • Why weddings and event travel create ripple effects for restaurants, lodges, and service providers • How business owners and residents can engage in the tourism process • What investors should understand about long-term destination strategy Tourism isn't just about visitors. It's about community resilience, economic stability, and thoughtful growth. Listen in to understand how discovery becomes overnight stays, how overnight stays support local businesses, and how collaboration keeps the McKenzie River strong for generations to come. Entrepreneur & Investor Opportunity For entrepreneurs, hospitality operators, or investors exploring event-driven or lodging opportunities along the McKenzie River corridor, this episode outlines the layered marketing and tourism infrastructure already in place. Properties positioned within this ecosystem benefit from: • Local tourism committee leadership • County-level marketing through Travel Lane County (Eugene, Cascades & Coast) • Regional and out-of-state amplification through the Willamette Valley Visitors Association • Strategic investment funding for destination development • Growing interest in weddings, retreats, and experiential travel A rare opportunity currently available within this corridor is the McKenzie River Inn — a custom-built residential inn designed for retreat, lodging, and event potential. If you are an entrepreneur seeking a hospitality investment aligned with coordinated tourism support and long-term destination strategy, this may be worth exploring. Learn more here:  https://bit.ly/McKenzieRiverInn For a confidential conversation, contact Judy Casad, Windermere Real Estate, LC. Help Us Spread the Word! If you loved this episode, please leave us a review, follow this show, and share it on social media — it truly means the world!

Join us for a discussion with Carla Geisser of Layer Aleph, a company focused on "crisis engineering". Carla distinguishes a crisis from a standard incident by noting that a crisis is novel and lacks a playbook. She outlines five criteria for a true crisis: fundamental surprise, broken critical functions, high visibility, a rigid deadline (unlike internal tech deadlines), and perception breakdown. Crises often arise in organizations that struggle to admit computers control core decisions, leading to complex, glued-together systems. Carla emphasizes that SRE-adjacent skills are essential for connecting the dots and exposing the full system. The key takeaway for SREs is to recognize when a true crisis is happening, as leadership will only be willing to "break rules" and enable substantive change once three of these criteria are met.1  

This episode of the Prodcast tackles the challenges of maintaining AI safety and alignment in production. Guests Felipe Tiengo Ferreira and Parker Barnes join hosts Matt Siegler and Steve McGhee to discuss AI model safety, from examining content to emerging security risks. The discussion emphasizes the vital role of SREs in managing safety at scale, detailing multi-layered defenses, including system instructions, LLM classifiers, and Automated Red Teaming (ART). Felipe and Parker dive into the evolving world of AI safety, from core product policies to the groundbreaking Frontier Safety Framework. The guests explore the need for SRE principles like drift detection and context observability. Finally, they raise concerns about the velocity of AI development compressing long-term research, urging the industry to collaborate and share vocabulary to address rapidly emerging risks.

A new year is the perfect time to review what protects one of your biggest investments—your home. In this episode of All About Home Insurance, we're kicking off 2026 with a smart homeowner checklist designed for Union County, Oregon. As homeowners shift into financial planning mode—thinking about budgets, taxes, renewals, and long-term property value—insurance coverage deserves a closer look. Storm season, wildfire risk, rising rebuild costs, and policy renewals make this a critical moment to ask: Is your home really covered for what could happen next? We'll walk through common insurance gaps homeowners often discover too late, how coverage (or lack of it) can impact claims and property value, and what proactive steps you can take now to avoid surprises later. Whether you own a primary residence, rental, or future retirement home, this episode will help you start the year informed, prepared, and protected. If you'd like to talk through how insurance ties into property value and marketability in Union County, I'm always happy to help. Cade Reed, specializing in Auto, Home, and Medicare insurance with Reed & Associates Insurance  541-975-1364 Cade-Reed@kereed.net  http://www.reed-insurance.net HELP US SPREAD THE WORD!!  If you loved this episode, kindly leave us a Review - FOLLOW this show and Share it on Social !  It would mean the world  

In this episode of the Prodcast, guest Shannon Neufeld-Brady speaks with hosts Jordan Greenberg and Florian Rathgeber about managing Google's vast fleet of internal devices. Shannon explains how Google's Linux platform uses core SRE principles—specifically testing, canarying, and monitoring—for weekly stage rollouts of its Debian-based distribution. Configuration is efficiently managed using Puppet to ensure the right setup for a diverse user base. The conversation pivots to "the year of Linux everything," underscoring its widespread adoption. Discussing AI, Shannon identifies its greatest utility for SREs in rapidly analyzing signals and generating complex queries to resolve outages. This episode reinforces that practicing SRE fundamentals is paramount, demonstrating that you can be an SRE at heart, regardless of your official title.

Curious about the real impact of AI on Site Reliability Engineering? In this episode of The Prodcast, Google SRE Denia del Cid breaks down how her team is leveraging AI to transform production workflows. Denia details practical applications like early outage detection, incident similarity analysis, and toil reduction. She explains the critical importance of validating against "golden data sets" and keeping humans in the loop to build trust. Discover how SREs are evolving from skepticism to strategic adoption with Gemini.  Tune in for a pragmatic, measured look at the future of reliability.  

Home fires take their toll in lost lives, injuries and destroyed property.  During Christmas, house fires can be avoided or prevented. Make sure you take the time for precautions.  In this episode we will review the Top 3 ways to prevent fire in your home during the Holidays. These tips are good for everyone. Whether you own your home or you are renting. Feel free to share this episode with your friends and loved ones.   HELP US SPREAD THE WORD!!  If you loved this episode, kindly leave us a Review - FOLLOW this show and Share it on Social !  It would mean the world  

In this episode, Steph Hippo, Platform Engineering Director at Honeycomb, joins The Prodcast to discuss AI and SRE.  Steph explains how observability helps us understand complex systems from their outputs, and provides a foundation for SRE to respond to system problems. This episode explains how AI and observability build a self-reinforcing loop.  We also discuss how AI can detect and respond to certain classes of incidents, leading to self-healing systems and allowing SREs to focus on novel and interesting problems. She advises small businesses adopting AI to learn from others' mistakes (post-mortems) and to commit time and budget to experimentation.  

Explore the real purpose of staging and why it matters in today's competitive market. Staging can include anything from decluttering, rearranging furniture, and refreshing décor… to fully furnishing a vacant space. The goal is universal: help buyers instantly connect with your home the moment they see the photos. With spring being one of the strongest selling seasons in Union County and the McKenzie River corridor, your timing and presentation matter. We'll talk about how staging, professional photography, and a smart spring strategy work together to create a powerful first impression—and ultimately help you achieve the best results for your sale. Our guest presents Virtual Staging. Enhancements that can be timely and affordable. Home & Landscape Enhancements, Construction & Remodels In Progress Guest River Molyneaux, Broker with Windermere Real Estate, Lane County. Photographer and Owner of Rift Media, Serving Lane County and Beyond… Licensed in the State of Oregon. (541) 650-1226  Email  Website  HELP US SPREAD THE WORD!!  If you loved this episode, kindly leave us a Review - FOLLOW this show and Share it on Social !  It would mean the world  

What if the hardest part of reliability has nothing to do with tooling or automation? Jennifer Petoff explains why real reliability comes from the human workflows wrapped around the engineering work.Everyone seems to think AI will automate reliability away. I keep hearing the same story: “Our tooling will catch it.” “Copilots will reduce operational load.” “Automation will mitigate incidents before they happen.”But here's a hard truth to swallow: AI only automates the mechanical parts of reliability — the machine in the machine.The hard parts haven't changed at all.You still need teams with clarity on system boundaries.You still need consistent approaches to resolution.You still need postmortems that drive learning rather than blame.AI doesn't fix any of that. If anything, it exposes every organizational gap we've been ignoring. And that's exactly why I wanted today's guest on.Jennifer Petoff is Director of Program  Management for Google Cloud Platform and Technical Infrastructure education. Every day, she works with SREs at Google, as well as with SREs at other companies through her public speaking and Google Cloud Customer engagements.Even if you have never touched GCP, you have still been influenced by her work at some point in your SRE career. She is co-editor of Google's original Site Reliability Engineering book from 2016. Yeah, that one!It was my immense pleasure to have her join me to discuss the internal dynamics behind successful reliability initiatives. Here are 5 highlights from our talk:3 issues stifling individual SREs' workTo start, I wanted to know from Jennifer the kinds of challenges she has seen individual SREs face when attempting to introduce or reinforce reliability improvements within their teams or the broader organization.She categorized these challenges into 3 main categories* Cultural issues (with a look into Westrum's typology of organizational culture)* Insufficient buy-in from stakeholders* Inability to communicate the value of reliability workOrganizations with generative cultures have 30% better organizational performance.A key highlight from this topic came from her look at DORA research, an annual survey of thousands of tech professionals and the research upon which the book Accelerate is based.It showed that organizations with generative cultures have 30% better organizational performance. In other words, you can have the best technology, tools, and processes to get good results, but culture further raises the bar. A generative culture also makes it easier to implement the more technical aspects of DevOps or SRE that are associated with improved organizational performance.Hands-on is the best kind of trainingWe then explored structured approaches that ensure consistency, build capability, and deliberately shape reliability culture. As they say – Culture eats strategy for breakfast!One key example Jennifer gave was the hands-on approach they take at Google. She believes that adults learn by doing. In other words, SREs gain confidence by doing hands-on work. Where possible, training programs should move away from passive listening to lectures toward hands-on exercises that mimic real SRE work, especially troubleshooting.One specific exercise that Google has built internally is Simulating Production Breakages. Engineers undergoing that training have a chance to troubleshoot a real system built for this purpose in a safe environment. The results have been profound, with a tremendous amount of confidence that Jennifer's team saw in survey results. This confidence is focused on job-related behaviors, which when repeated over time reinforce that culture of reliability.Reliability is mandatory for everybodyAnother thing Jennifer told me Google did differently was making reliability a mandatory part of every engineer's curriculum, not only SREs.When we first spun up the SRE Education team, our focus was squarely on our SREs. However, that's like preaching to the choir. SREs are usually bought into reliability. A few years in, our leadership was interested in propagating the reliability-focused culture of SRE to all of Google's development teams, a challenge an order of magnitude greater than training SREs. How did they achieve this mandate?* They developed a short and engaging (and mandatory) production safety training* That training has now been taken by tens of thousands of Googlers* Jennifer attributes this initiative's success to how they“SRE'ed the program”. “We ran a canary followed by a progressive roll-out. We instituted monitoring and set up feedback loops so that we could learn and drive continuous improvement.”The result of this massive effort? A very respectable 80%+ net promoter score with open text feedback: “best required training ever.”What made this program successful is that Jennifer and her team SRE'd its design and iterative improvement. You can learn more about “How to SRE anything” (from work to life) using her rubric: https://www.reliablepgm.com/how-to-sre-anything/Reliability gets rewarded just like feature workJennifer then talked about how Google mitigates a risk that I think every reliability engineer wishes could be solved at their organization. That is, having great reliability work rewarded at the same level as great feature work.For development and operations teams alike at Google, this means making sure “grungy work” like tech debt reduction, automation, and other activities that improve reliability are rewarded equally to shiny new product features. Organizational reward programs that recognize outstanding work typically have committees. These committees not only look for excellent feature development work, but also reward and celebrate foundational activities that improve reliability. This is explicitly built into the rubric for judging award submissions.Keep a scorecard of reliability performanceJennifer gave another example of how Google judges reliability performance, but more specifically for SRE teams this time. Google's Production Excellence (ProdEx) program was created in 2015 to assess and improve production excellence (aka reliability improvements) across SRE teams.ProdEx acts like a central scorecard to aggregate metrics from various production health domains to provide a comprehensive overview of an SRE team's health and the reliability of the services they manage. Here are some specifics from the program:* Domains include SLOs, on-call workload, alerting quality, and postmortem discipline* Reviews are conducted live every few quarters by senior SREs (directors or principal engineers) who are not part of the team's direct leadership* There is a focus on coaching and accountability without shame (to elicit psychological safety)ProdEx serves various levels of the SRE organization through:* providing strategic situational awareness regarding organizational and system health to leadership and* keeping forward momentum around reliability and surfacing team-level issues early to support engineers in addressing themWrapping upHaving an inside view of reliability mechanisms within a few large organizations, I know that few are actively doing all — or sometimes any — of the reliability enhancers that Google uses and Jennifer has graciously shared with us. It's time to get the ball rolling. What will you do today to make it happen? 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As the Holidays bring loved ones together, this quick episode shares simple ways Homeowners can enjoy the season — and use those extra winter hours to make smart, stress-free improvements at home. From creating memorable hosting spaces to small projects that boost comfort, safety, and long-term value, you'll find inspiration to relax, refresh, and get ready for the new year. Celebrating the Space You Live In Light the fireplace, add a few cozy touches, or set up a welcoming entry for guests. Take a moment to capture memories. Fill your home with laughter, stories and gratitude conversations for a lasting tradition. Declutter Clear the mudroom, coat closet, or kitchen counters Winter Comfort Boosts Replace Weather Stripping, Swap Out HVAC Filters, Reorganize The Pantry, Clean The Guest Bathroom Storage Dream About Spring Projects Landscaping ideas, refreshing a room, plan a future move or plan a renovation. Spring Projects Landscaping ideas, refreshing a room, plan a future move or plan a renovation. Help Us Spread the Word! If you loved this episode, please leave us a review, follow this show, and share it on social media — it truly means the world!

For cloud architects and SREs, "multi-region" is no longer enough. The recent AWS (US-EAST-1) and Cloudflare incidents reveal that a failure in the provider's control plane (DNS, config management, IAM) can result in a global, cascading service collapse.

DevOps practitioners — whether developers, operators, SREs or business stakeholders — increasingly rely on telemetry to guide decisions, yet face growing complexity, siloed teams and rising observability costs. In a conversation at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America, IBM's Jacob Yackenovich emphasized the importance of collecting high-granularity, full-capture data to avoid missing critical performance signals across hybrid application stacks that blend legacy and cloud-native components. He argued that observability must evolve to serve both technical and nontechnical users, enabling teams to focus on issues based on real business impact rather than subjective judgment.AI's rapid integration into applications introduces new observability challenges. Yackenovich described two patterns: add-on AI services, such as chatbots, whose failures don't disrupt core workflows, and blocking-style AI components embedded in essential processes like fraud detection, where errors directly affect application function.Rising cloud and ingestion costs further complicate telemetry strategies. Yackenovich cautioned against limiting visibility for budget reasons, advocating instead for predictable, fixed-price observability models that let organizations innovate without financial uncertainty.Learn more from The New Stack about the latest in observability: Introduction to ObservabilityObservability 2.0? Or Just Logs All Over Again?Building an Observability Culture: Getting Everyone OnboardJoin our community of newsletter subscribers to stay on top of the news and at the top of your game.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Struggling to qualify to buy a home? In this episode, we simplify the process of acquiring a home loan for Freelancers, Gig workers, Entrepreneurs and Investors. Understand the challenge of qualifying, throw-out misconceptions and learn tips to get Pre-Approved so you can start looking for your new home! Income Verification Challenge Solutions For Gig Workers And Freelancers Investor In Rental Properties Path Jeffrey Nunley, Senior Loan officer & Certified Mortgage Advisor with Nova Home Loans   541-579-3430   Email    Website  Help Us Spread the Word! If you loved this episode, please leave us a review, follow this show, and share it on social media — it truly means the world!

Lots of hot topics discussed with our guests this morning. John Newton is vice president of public policy and economic analysis at American Farm Bureau Federation and he joins us today to talk about trade, tariffs, and the cattle/beef market. Renewable Fuels Association president and CEO Geoff Cooper discusses record ethanol production, status of year-round E15, and EPA on re-allocations on SREs. And Steve Nicholson, global sector strategist for grains & oilseeds at Rabobank, shares perspective on the trade deal with China, including purchase agreements.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Creating a home that supports your health and well-being is one of the most valuable investments you can make. In this episode, Judy explores how wellness-focused design enhances your living space — from air quality and natural light to the incredible benefits of infrared sauna therapy.

Headlines say home prices are flat — but that's not the full story. In this episode, we look at what's really happening across the U.S. and right here in Oregon.

When buyers with deeper pockets walk into a home, what makes them stop and say, this is the one?  In this episode we paint the picture of what wealthy buyers are really after—status, comfort, and effortless living—and tie it back to the emotional appeal of each feature. Homeowners - you don't need a mansion to highlight “luxury appeal.” It's about creating moments of luxury in everyday spaces. 'Windermere Ready' Specifically for homeowners preparing to sell their homes. See below HELP US SPREAD THE WORD!!  If you loved this episode, kindly leave us a Review - FOLLOW this show and Share it on Social !  It would mean the world  

Federico analiza la labor de López y Bolaños para ocultar información sobre la corrupción de la familia Sánchez-Gómez. Cómo limpiar el rastro corrupto. Federico aborda junto a Rosana Laviada y Vanessa Vallecillo la labor de López y Bolaños para ocultar información sobre la corrupción de la familia Sánchez-Gómez.

 It is never too soon to plan the legacy you want to make sure your estate is in order and heirs are taken care of. This episode defines key steps you will want to consider. We review how retirement is changing. And how much money people think you need to have to be wealthy. WestPac Wealth Partners - Guests:  Aaron Domingo 808-398-6955‬  Email  Diego Lopes 503-207-4555   Email  Website  Financial Professionals Our guests design and implement financial strategies that are processed focused, that are process focused and based on sound financial principles. By educating clients to make smart decisions in the accumulation, protection and enjoyment of wealth, thereby reflecting their values, love of family, and commitment to community. Disclosures Financial Representative of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America® (Guardian), New York, NY. WestPac Wealth Partners LLC is not an affiliate or subsidiary of Guardian. Insurance products offered through WestPac Wealth Partners and Insurance Services, LLC, a DBA of WestPac Wealth Partners, LLC. CA Insurance License Number - 0M56081. This material is intended for general use. By providing this content The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, Park Avenue Securities LLC, affiliates and/or subsidiaries, and your financial representative are not undertaking to provide advice or make a recommendation for a specific individual or situation, or to otherwise act in a fiduciary capacity. Guardian, its subsidiaries, agents and employees do not provide tax, legal, or accounting advice. Consult your tax, legal, or accounting professional regarding your individual situation. Links to external sites are provided for your convenience in locating related information and services. Guardian, its subsidiaries, agents and employees expressly disclaim any responsibility for and do not maintain, control, recommend, or endorse third-party sites, organizations, products, or services and make no representation as to the completeness, suitability, or quality thereof. Exp: 6/27   HELP US SPREAD THE WORD!!  If you loved this episode, kindly leave us a Review - FOLLOW this show and Share it on Social !  It would mean the world  

Amenities, Ownership, and Rental Potential — Lifestyle + Rental Income Explained ~ For explorers who love nature and new destinations, RV condo living offers a unique way to invest in a resort community. Imagine having a year-round home base with resort-style amenities, while keeping the freedom to travel — and even rent out your space when you're on the road. In this episode, we break down the must-know details of Condominium RV Resorts—covering lifestyle perks, ownership benefits, and rental opportunities. Featuring the stunning Holiday Farm RV Resort in Blue River, Oregon, nestled along the famous McKenzie River on the western slopes of the Cascades among towering evergreens. ✨ Hit play and explore the freedom of RV Condo Living. Holiday Farm RV Resort, Manager Elena Mullin 541-822-3726 Email  Website  #34 $105,000 CASH - CORNER LOCATION  offers large private usable common area space. Includes 10x14 Gazebo, 8x8 Studio, Shed 8x10, 12x15 Patio, fire pit, picnic table and 20W x 40L x 15T RV Canopy w/privacy screen. https://bit.ly/HFRVR-Space-34 Significant income is higher due to all the amenities and use of large and private common area. #37  $69,000 — CASH or Seller will consider to carry loan - Beautifully landscaped with a river-rock retention wall, patio, and conveniently located across from the Pet Area. There's ample space for a gazebo - includes a 12x16 shed with metal roof for convenient storage.  https://bit.ly/HFRV-37 #38  $65,000  Cash or Seller will consider to carry loan  https://bit.ly/HFRV-38  Includes a picnic table, share of the common area, full RV hookup 10x12 Storage Shed w/2x10 work bench, powered for shop light & outlets. GREAT INCOME INVESTMENT - Beautifully landscaped with a rock bed border and mature trees provide shade while creating a very private setting with easy in-out access. Income history available. Rainbow Community McKenzie Bridge Community ACTIVITIES & ADVENTURES Bird - Wild & Scenic   McKenzie River Adventures   Raft - Highlights     Hoodoo Ski Resort & Autobahn   Sahale and Koosah Falls Llisten to Episodes about McKenzie River OREGON Recreation: Ep 130 - Legacy Property • McKenzie River Region Ep 127 - Premier Homes • McKenzie Oregon's Outdoor Paradise Ep 111 - Premier Living In The McKenzie - Part 1 Ep 112 - Premier Living In The McKenzie - Part 2 HELP US SPREAD THE WORD!!  If you loved this episode, kindly leave us a Review - FOLLOW this show and Share it on Social !  It would mean the world  

In this episode of the TestGuild DevOps Toolchain Podcast, host Joe Colantonio sits down with Jennifer Rahmani, Co-founder and COO of Thoras.ai, a company redefining how infrastructure scales with AI-driven predictive technology. Drawing from her years as a DevOps engineer in the defense tech sector, Jennifer shares how she and her twin sister turned real-world frustrations into a reliability-first platform that eliminates the guesswork from scaling. We discuss how Thoras.ai integrates with Kubernetes to predict workload demand minutes—or even hours—in advance, allowing teams to maintain high availability without overspending. Jennifer explains why they use the right AI for the right use case, how their predictive autoscaling works in multi-cloud and hybrid environments, and how it helps SREs avoid downtime during unpredictable events like Black Friday or major product launches. Whether you're dealing with noisy data, high cloud bills, or sleepless nights worrying about reliability, this episode delivers practical insights for making smarter scaling decisions.

In this Episode our guest will Expose the Myths of Foundation Repair in Real Estate Taking insights from his book: Foundation Repair Secrets Cracks in walls, sticking doors, sloping floors—are they signs of serious foundation problems or just normal settling? In this episode, we break down the key indicators to watch for inside and outside your home. You'll learn what to do if you suspect an issue, who to call for expert help, and how to avoid costly surprises when it's time to sell. If you want practical, insider advice from a foundation repair expert, this is the episode you don't want to miss! Guest RK Bob Brown, — widely known as The Dirt Whisperer   Check out Bob's book: Foundation Repair Secrets  Check and comment on Bob's blog   EMAIL   List of MYTHS of Foundation Repair Licensed Forensics Engineer – 1:45 Dirt is dirt…Many think it's not that complicated  – 6:47 Cracks in a home indicate Foundation Repair – 10:31 Fixing settlement – 11:17 Foundation Repair sales people are “qualified design specialists“ – 13:00 Difference between Forensics and Non-Forensics – 16:43  State licensing boards protect homeowners from problematic contractors – 18:25 Permits – 19:51   Insurance covers foundation repairs – 23:23 Lifetime warranties give assurance– 25:50 Exterior Signs to look for – 30:50 Interior Signs – 33:50    Cold and Hot Climate concerns – 34:44 Impact of Fire – 35:48 Basements and crawl spaces – 36:56 Bob's history, book, website and newsletter – 38:01 FOLLOW this Podcast Show to be informed of new episodes in your favorite Podcast App ~ Your Host, Judy Casad, Broker and  Luxury Advisor  |  ABR, SRES, Certified Negotiator, Top Producer with Windermere Real Estate/Lane County, Licensed to help you Buy or Sell in the State of Oregon.  Call Judy to start planning your next move!   541-968-2400   judy@windermere.com - www.judycasad.com Track your home's value ~ Discover ways to leverage your equity with your complimentary Home Digest  My clients love it!   Looking to Buy?   Watch neighborhoods you are interested in potentially investing in property with your complimentary Market Explorer   Completely free of charge with no obligation! Tap the Category that resonates with your life today Home Improvement  Maximize investment, Smart maintenance to-do's Buying To Invest  What to look for, Property Search, Get Pre-Approved! Selling Property  Home or Land, Senior adults downsizing, Value Report Homeowners Best Moves  Bonus episodes about Financial Planning, Market Updates, Trailers about the show and interviews with Real Estate Brokers. Support us by sharing this Podcast with your network of friends & family ~ We appreciate and value your comments to bring you information that resonates with you... and help us keep this Podcast alive! Facebook Homeowners Best Real Estate Moves Listen on your computer Podcast.JudyCasad.com Send me your feedback questions and topic suggestions. Who knows? You just might be a guest on our next show! We do not receive any compensation for mentioning or endorsing product or services discussed in the episode. I value your support and your feedback to keep this show continuing to bring You... a wealth of information!

Join Josh Lee and the vBrownBag crew for a lively conversation about why DevOps feels like learning a new language, and the real reasons why there aren't more junior SREs. Explore how layers of abstraction, culture, and tools make breaking in so tough, and hear how mentorship, networking, and a bit of career focus can make all the difference. Whether you're new to tech or a seasoned engineer, this talk delivers practical advice, fresh perspectives, and a few laughs. #DevOps #SRE #CareerAdvice #AIEngineering #TechLearning #vBrownBag #CloudCareers Chapters 00:00:05 DevOps Is a Foreign Language: Why There Are No Junior SREs 00:14:00 DevOps & Linguistics: Lessons from Language Learning 00:26:30 AI and the Modern Learning Stack 00:40:00 Mentorship, Networking, and Finding Your Why 00:50:00 Career Advice & Community Resources Resources: https://bsky.app/profile/joshleecreates.bsky.social https://osacom.io/events/2025/osaf-2025/ https://sessionize.com/osacon-2025/ https://altinity.com/blog/getting-started-with-altinitys-project-antalya

Sudheer Amgothu is a seasoned DevOps engineer with over a decade of experience, renowned for his expertise in cloud technologies, infrastructure automation, and DevOps practices. His career spans various industries, where he has implemented DevOps strategies to accelerate software development cycles, improve system reliability, and enhance operational efficiency."I started my career as a traditional systems engineer," Sudheer says, reflecting on his journey. "I was always drawn to automation, seeing the inefficiencies in manual processes, especially around deployments and monitoring. That's what pulled me into the world of DevOps." His early work in infrastructure automation on AWS laid the foundation for his expertise in the field. "At Elevation, I led efforts to automate the entire infrastructure stack using Terraform and Ansible, which empowered development teams to work faster with less friction."In addition to his technical prowess, Sudheer is an advocate for the cultural transformation DevOps fosters within organizations. "DevOps is more than just automation or tools. It's a culture that brings development and operations teams together with a shared goal of delivering software faster, more reliably, and with higher quality," he explains. "It emphasizes collaboration, continuous feedback, and a mindset of continuous improvement."Sudheer's new book, Mastering DevOps with Kubernetes and Cloud: A Practical Guide, draws from his vast experience and is designed as a hands-on resource for mastering DevOps. "I wanted to create a practical guide, not a theory-heavy textbook," he says. "It's loaded with real-world war stories, step-by-step walkthroughs, and diagrams that show how tools like Terraform, Jenkins, and Kubernetes work together in modern DevOps pipelines."His book, which covers everything from the basics to advanced techniques, was inspired by his conversations with junior engineers and site reliability engineers (SREs). "They understood what DevOps is but struggled with the 'why' and 'how,'" he recalls. "I realized the need for a guide that answers those questions and provides actionable insights."Sudheer's expertise extends beyond DevOps to cloud platforms and Kubernetes, where he has successfully scaled microservices platforms and implemented observability practices. "At Pega, we centralized Prometheus and Grafana dashboards to ensure real-time visibility into production issues," he says. "This proactive approach helped us detect anomalies before they became incidents, improving both system reliability and customer satisfaction."For aspiring DevOps professionals, Sudheer advises, "Don't rush. Start with the basics. Pick a tool like Jenkins, learn how a CI/CD pipeline works, and build from there. The most important thing is hands-on practice and experimentation." His dedication to mentoring the next generation of engineers is evident in his personal approach to career growth, encouraging others to document their learning and contribute to open-source projects.Sudheer's passion for DevOps, cloud technologies, and continuous improvement makes him a respected figure in the field, and his book stands as an essential resource for anyone looking to excel in modern IT environments.You read read the full interview transcript here: https://shoutradio.org.uk/RNH/SudheerAmgothuInterview.pdfAnd find his book here: https://a.co/d/ecU0gzEHighlights from Toby Gribben's Friday afternoon show on Shout Radio. Featuring chat with top showbiz guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Thursday on AOA, powered by Cenex, we start the show with a check of the markets as Mike Zuzolo from Global Commodity Analytics joins us in Segment One. Next up in Segment Two, we discuss some of the latest news and rumors surrounding 45Z, RVOs, SREs and get some thoughts on farmland values with Jacqui Fatka, Lead Economist for Farm Supply and Biofuels with CoBank. In Segment Three, we discuss House passage of their reconciliation bill and get thoughts from Congressman Dusty Johnson (R-SD). Then in Segment Four, we wrap the show with more updates on reconciliation and other ag news headlines.

Gou Rao is a serial entrepreneur and the co-founder of NeuBird, where he's building Hawkeye—an AI-powered site reliability engineer designed to identify, diagnose, and resolve IT infrastructure issues. He previously co-founded Portworx, which was acquired by Pure Storage for $370 million in 2020. In 2024, NeuBird raised a $22.5 million seed extension from M12, Microsoft's venture arm, following a $22 million seed round led by Mayfield, Stepstone Group, and Prosperity7 Ventures. Gou holds a bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from Bangalore University and a master's degree from the University of Pennsylvania.In this conversation, we discuss:Gou Rao's journey from late-night support calls to co-founding NeuBird and building Hawkeye, an AI-powered site reliability engineer.Why diagnosing IT issues is 99% of the problem—and how Hawkeye helps SREs move from noise to actionable insight in minutes.The shift from chatbots to agentic systems—and why reasoning, not just automation, is the next frontier for enterprise AI.How AI can reduce burnout by eliminating repetitive incident response tasks, freeing teams to focus on creativity and automation.The importance of transparency, explainability, and human oversight in deploying AI systems with agency.Gou's reflections on entrepreneurship, including why “mistakes are an asset” and how jumping into the unknown can lead to your biggest breakthroughs.Resources:Subscribe to the AI & The Future of Work Newsletter: https://aiandwork.beehiiv.com/subscribe Connect with Gou on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gouthamrao/ AI fun fact article: https://www.hrdive.com/news/anthropic-report-AI-software-engineers-automation-augmentation/739833/ On becoming an investor and discovering amazing companies: https://www.buzzsprout.com/520474/episodes/7446373 

Greg Peterson – Machinery Pete – shares his Pick of the Week and talks about his new podcast episode which features a fascinating story that combines farming with Major League Baseball. Renewable Fuels Association president and CEO Geoff Cooper joins us to discuss year round E15, status of SREs, RVOs and the priority list for RFA.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.