
Network Automation Nerds
Hosted by Eric Chou and Eric · Packet Pushers
5.0from 5 ratings
- 79
- Episodes
- 69
- Transcribed
- 5
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2024
- First episode
- 773K
- YouTube views
About Network Automation Nerds
Network Automation Nerds is for network engineers and infrastructure professionals eager to learn more about automation. Join host Eric Chou as he explores how to take advantage of modern network programmability to automate tasks, build robust systems, and get more done in less time. You’ll hear from a lineup of seasoned engineers, avid learners, industry leaders, and tool creators as they share tips, best practices, and hard-won advice.
- Publisher
- Packet Pushers
- Category
- technology
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 14 Feb 2024
- Latest episode
- 30 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
69 of 79 episodes have a transcript.

30 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
NAN132: The AI-Augmented Engineer

16 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
NAN131: Routing Through Space: The Reality of Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) Satellite Networks

2 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
NAN130: Network Automation Forum: From Simple Survey to Global Community
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NAN132: The AI-Augmented Engineer
Published 30 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Yeah. So, um, I, uh, you know, as a, a lot, a lot of people in networking, I think were as, as new technologies come out, networking touches everything, you know? So, you know, first, maybe not the first thing, but, you know, a few years ago was security. So, you know, most network engineers, all of a sudden I had to be a cybersecurity engineer cause you're also a firewall engineer. And then it was SD-WAN and, you know, then it was Zero Trust Network Access. And so, you know, we just keep adding these things on top of each other. And for the, you know, midsize organization that, you know, they have a smaller network team, you have, you know, a few network guys, if that, and, you know, you're trying to do everything and you're always putting out fires and don't have enough time for everything. […]
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- Sid Mathur
- William Collins
- Scott Robohn
- Chris Grundemann
- Alexis Bertholf
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- 773,232
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- 5.0 / 5
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Podcast Authority Score: 78 / 100
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- Quality
- 81
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 92
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Eric Chou and Eric host the show. Published by Packet Pushers.
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