Asynchronous & Unreliable - Conversations on The Edge of Software

Asynchronous & Unreliable - Conversations on The Edge of Software

Anne Currie

Episodes 11
Avg. Duration 42m
Activity Highly Active
Since Mar 2026
Latest Episode May 2026

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About This Podcast

Welcome to Asynchronous and Unreliable, the new weekly podcast where we discuss the latest and most fascinating ideas in: software engineering, AI, management, leadership and communications, efficiency, operations, clouds, hyperscaling, resilience and sustainability.

Our host is Anne Currie, tech veteran, co-author of O'Reilly's Building Green Software (on building cheaper and more flexible systems ready for the energy transition), The Cloud Native Attitude (on industry embrace of fast flow), and the science fiction Panopticon series (on killer robots in space, amongst other topics).

Expect animated, friendly, and lighthearted discussions with some of the most renowned & interesting thinkers and practitioners in technology. 

To find out about just a few of our amazing guests in 2026, visit our website.

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S1E10 Ep 10: What Is Platform Engineering and how will it work in an AI world? With Paula Kennedy

May 25, 2026 34m Transcript

ShownotesWhat Is Platform Engineering and how will it work in an AI world? An In-Depth Conversation with Paula KennedyIn this episode, Anne Currie chats with old friend and colleague Paula Kennedy,…

S1E9 Ep 9: Should Tech Learn More Lessons From History? With Jamie Dobson

May 17, 2026 30m Transcript

Jamie Dobson and Anne CurrieJoin us in this enlightening episode as Anne Currie chats with Jamie Dobson, co-founder of Container Solutions and author of Rebels, Visionaries, and Machines. They dive…

S1E8 Ep 8: When Will AI Write All The (Mission Critical) Software? With Jon Berger

May 14, 2026 27m Transcript

Most companies are underestimating how quickly AI will transform software development. When AI can seemingly write mission-critical code, what does that mean for the future of engineering, quality,…

S1 Ep 7: Can AI Ever Create Mission Critical Software? With Martin Davidson

May 10, 2026 1h 7m

Join host Anne Currie in this episode of "Asynchronous and Unreliable," where she talks with veteran technologist Martin Davidson about his journey from telecommunications to AI-driven software…

S1E6 Ep 6: What Does The Energy Transition Mean for Software? With Sara Bergman

May 07, 2026 28m Transcript

ShownotesDiscover how the rapid shift from fossil fuels to renewables, especially solar and wind, is shaping the tech industry and global economy. Hosted by Anne Currie and Sara Bergman, this episode…

S1E5 Ep 5: What does it take to deliver 6 nines resilience and how does AI fit in? With Jon Berger

Apr 30, 2026 38m Transcript

Anne & networking expert Jon Berger discuss the difficulties of understanding exponentials and how that leads to challenges  when it comes to setting targets for both resilience and efficiency.If…

S1E4 Ep 4: How Should We Communicate Complex Subjects? With Charles Humble

Apr 26, 2026 1h Transcript

Guest: Charles HumbleIn the fourth episode of Asynchronous and Unreliable, amongst many other subjects, Anne & writer, author, and editor Charles Humble discuss the past and future of tech…

S1E3 Ep 3: What Does Extreme Operational Efficiency (Currently) Look Like? WIth Niki Manoledaki

Apr 24, 2026 58m Transcript

In the third episode of Asynchronous and Unreliable, Anne Currie and Niki Manoledaki of Grafana Labs discuss the highest end of operational efficiency, GreenOps, and Finops using purely open source…

S1E2 Ep 2: What Does AI Mean For The Future of Extreme Code Efficiency? With Jon Berger

Apr 19, 2026 31m Transcript

The High Stakes of Code Efficiency in Networking and BeyondIn this episode of Asynchronous and Unreliable, host Anne Currie is joined by long-time tech veteran Jon Berger to explore the critical…

S1E1 AI & Rust - The Perfect Marriage?

Apr 16, 2026 0m Trailer Transcript

When it comes to AI, it turns out being chatty and opinionated is a good thing - in a compiler

S1E1 Will AI transform code efficiency?

Apr 13, 2026 0m Trailer Transcript

The tricky truth is most software is perhaps 100,000x less efficient than it could be because it is written by and maintained by humans. Are they about to be taken out of the mix?

S1E1 Cloud's Number One Hidden Danger - Overprovisioning

Apr 13, 2026 0m Trailer Transcript

Maybe life is too easy in the Cloud?

S1E1 Ep 1: What is Green Software? With Building Green Software Author Sara Bergman

Apr 13, 2026 44m Transcript

The Future of Software Efficiency, Distributed Systems, and Connections in Tech. In this first episode of the new Asynchronous and Unreliable podcast, Author Anne Currie is joined by Sara Bergman,…

S1 Coming Soon - Asynchronous & Unreliable Podcast

Mar 11, 2026 0m Trailer Transcript

Asynchronous & Unreliable is a new podcast on the key concepts behind modern software engineering and AI and features cheerful and friendly conversations with some of the most interesting folks…

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