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Simple Talks Podcast | S2 Episode 7 - Louis Flies Solo

In this special solo episode, host Louis Davidson stays ‘full screen’ for the entire show and answers the very questions he asks of others! Where it all started, what tech he loves, the one obvious thing he loves to do outside of working with databases (which has been mentioned before)...it’s all covered here!

The New Rootly Ringtones: How Research-based On-Call Sounds

We set out to create a ringtone that wasn’t just loud—but the sound of a modern pager. Something that wakes you up, but without triggering a full-blown adrenaline spike. In this video, go behind the scenes with sound engineer Gorjão as he crafts a how research-based on-call sound sounds like.

Why Reliability Starts with the Network, even in the AI era, with Marino Wijay

In this episode, we explore how networking has shaped reliability as we know it. Marino Wijay cloud networking expert and Staff Solutions Architect at Kong shares how his journey began not as an SRE, but with cables, routers, and switches. Marino explains the evolution of the fabric holding systems together through virtualization, and how software-defined networking, which is now a key element to resilient applications.