{"podcast":{"title":"Asynchronous & Unreliable - Conversations on The Edge of Software","slug":"asynchronous-unreliable-conversations-on-the-edge-of-software-7759997","podcast_index_feed_id":7759997,"rss_url":"https://api.riverside.fm/hosting/Pik9xbHl.rss","website_url":"https://www.asynchronousunreliable.com/","image_url":"https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/podcasts/ecffc8b9-d7a7-4b87-b3b3-977ced306210/logos/2a312ed4-c4eb-41b4-ba00-de08462e2aa9.png","author":"Anne Currie","episode_count":16,"summary":"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. 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