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DevOps Accents#66: Is Kubernetes an Engineering Choice or a MustIn this episode of DevOps Accents, Kirill previews for Leo his speech for DevOps Pro Europe 2026. He examines the rise of Kubernetes as a near-requirement in tech—for both organizations and professionals—and why its dominance has surprisingly little to do with scaling, microservices, or capacity concerns. Also in this conversation:How to become a public speaker?When not to use Kubernetes?Do we need to talk about GitOps?Check out our website to learn more about the services mkdev offers for companies.Subscribe to our newsletter.Buy mkdev merchandise here...
2025-12-0732 min
DevOps Accents#65: How Tech Hiring Really Works Now?In this episode of DevOps Accents Kirill is back from Bits & Pretzels 2025 in Munich and is ready to discuss the conference experience with Leo and Pablo. We also talk about networking and tech hiring in 2025 and anywhere ops. In this episode:Kirill’s impressions of Bits & Pretzels 2025;The pitch contest on the conference;The networking role of conferences;Changes in traditional recruitment and work environment.Check out our website to learn more about the services mkdev offers for companies.Subscribe to our newsletter.Buy mkdev merchandise here....
2025-11-2335 min
DevOps Accents#64: Chat GPT is making you dumber (not a clickbait, there is a research for that)Chat GPT affects yout ability to think critically! But does it actually make you “dumber,” or does it free up mental bandwidth for more meaningful work? Together with data scientist Paul Larsen, we unpack recent studies from Microsoft and MIT, real cases from software development and education, and translate it into practical rules: when it’s safe to delegate to AI and when you should deliberately “work the mental muscles” yourself (code review, testing, architectural decisions). We also touch on the org-level effect: what happens to a team’s skills if engineers become AI babysitters, and how to b...
2025-09-191h 06
DevOps Accents#63: Data Science 2.0 with Suzanne El-Moursi from BrighthiveData Science 2.0 is the shift from dashboards to decision workflows. Suzanne El-Moursi shows how teams can go beyond “reports nobody trusts” to agentic, governed analytics, using a pragmatic stack (infrastructure → composable tools → governance) so insight can flow from ingestion through modeling, validation, and visualization without the usual stalls. We focus on how the data scientist role evolves from dashboard factory to orchestration and stewardship so the right decision happens at the right time. Also in this episode:Problems we face in data in different eras of tech;The role of a data scientist in the age of A...
2025-09-011h 07
DevOps Accents#62: Kubernetes Isn’t Enough with Mark Fussell from Diagrid & DaprKubernetes alone isn’t enough! This is what we discuss with Mark Fussell, co-creator of Dapr and Diagrid co-founder. How Dapr’s sidecar gives developers clean APIs (pub/sub, service invocation, secrets, state) with tiny overhead? And how durable workflows and “agentic” apps with Dapr Agents actually function? Also in this epsiode:A short history of architecture models;Differences between service meshes and Dapr;Agentic systems and conductors: what is what?The future of agentic applications;Will the sidecar model go away?Check out our website to learn more about the services...
2025-08-171h 00
The Cloud Pod311: The Crawlers are Running the AsylumWelcome to episode 311 of Two Old Men Yelling at Cloud – aka The Cloud Pod, featuring Matt and Ryan who absolutely, definitely did NOT record an aftershow.
This week, they’re talking about Cloudflare’s new Pay Per Crawler, a new open-source Terraform provider from mkdev, and lots of fabric news that Ryan doesn’t understand – plus so much more. Let’s get into it!
Titles we almost went with this week:
(Show Editor note: There are more show titles than emojis. I give up.)
FSx and the City: When File Systems Meet Object Storage
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2025-07-111h 10
tcp.fmThe Crawlers are Running the AsylumWelcome to episode 311 of Two Old Men Yelling at Cloud – aka The Cloud Pod, featuring Matt and Ryan who absolutely, definitely did NOT record an aftershow.
This week, they’re talking about Cloudflare’s new Pay Per Crawler, a new open-source Terraform provider from mkdev, and lots of fabric news that Ryan doesn’t understand – plus so much more. Let’s get into it!
Titles we almost went with this week:
(Show Editor note: There are more show titles than emojis. I give up.)
FSx and the City: When File Systems Meet Object Storage
T...
2025-07-111h 10The Cloud PodThe Crawlers are Running the AsylumWelcome to episode 311 of Two Old Men Yelling at Cloud – aka The Cloud Pod, featuring Matt and Ryan who absolutely, definitely did NOT record an aftershow.
This week, they’re talking about Cloudflare’s new Pay Per Crawler, a new open-source Terraform provider from mkdev, and lots of fabric news that Ryan doesn’t understand – plus so much more. Let’s get into it!
Titles we almost went with this week:
(Show Editor note: There are more show titles than emojis. I give up.)
FSx and the City: When File Systems Meet Object Storage
T...
2025-07-111h 10
DevOps Accents#61: Vibe Coding — a Downfall or a Breakthrough? with Tammuz Dubnov from AutonomyAIIf you haven’t been living under a rock, you’ve definitely heard a lot about Vibe Coding. Some drag it through the mud, others meme it to death , some treat it like a guilty pleasure, and then there are those who embrace it openly, seeing it as the future. We decided to dig into the phenomenon and start with the perspective of someone who’s building a product that’s taking Vibe Coding to the next level. Our guest for episode 61 of DevOps Accents is Tammuz Dubnov from AutonomyAI. In this episode:How did arrival...
2025-05-181h 02
DevOps Accents#60: Workplace Wellbeing with WelbemoShould we pay more attention to our workplace mental health? For episode 60 of DevOps Accents, our guests are Samuele Monasterolo, Lorenzo Grassi and Fabio Ciravegna from Welbemo, an Italian startup for workplace wellbeing assessment. In this episode:The beginnings of Welbemo;The startup environment in Italy;Mental health and wellbeing in the tech industry;How can you measure burnout and anxiety?Protecting personal employee data from the employer;The use of AI and data security in Welbemo.Check out our website to learn more about the services mkdev offers for companiesю...
2025-05-041h 02
DevOps Accents#59: Semaphore Going Open Source with Darko Fabijan from Semaphore CIIn episode 59 of DevOps Accents, friend of the podcast Darko Fabijan is back to talk about the Community Edition of Semaphore CI. Why did Semaphore go Open Source, what had to be done to do so, and what awaits us going forward? In this episode:Open Source licensing and community collaboration;The impact of Open Source on business and development;Infrastructure and security considerations;CI/CD tools and market dynamics;The future of Open Source.Check out our website to learn more about the services mkdev offers for companies....
2025-04-0658 min
DevOps Accents#58: AI Regulation & EU AI Act with Paul Larsen, our Head of Data & AIFor episode 58 of DevOps Accents, Paul Larsen, our Head of Data & AI, is back at the microphone to discuss EU AI Act and its consequences for businesses big and small. In this episode:The speed of implementation of EU AI Act;Total AI freedom for defence;AI risk categories;Understanding AI high risk;AI literacy push.Check out our website to learn more about the services mkdev offers for companies. Subscribe to our newsletter. Buy mkdev merchandise here.Show Notes:What is...
2025-03-2359 min
DevOps Accents#57: E-commerce new dirty secret — AI Agents with TeticumIn episode 57 of DevOps Accents Alessandro Ceni, Lorenzo Cardini and Pio Scielzo from Teticum join Leo to discuss the new possibilities of AI agents for e-commerce. From identifying the problem to choosing the right tools to the issues you might face implementing your new solution, they take you through a whole journey of their startup. In this episode:How to become an entrepreneur?What to say to an AI sceptic?How to talk to investors about AI?AI in e-commerce;Upselling and cross-selling;The future of AI agents.Check out our website to...
2025-03-091h 01
DevOps Accents#56: Kubernetes has gotten too complicated? with Gerrit Schumann from mogeniusEver feel like Kubernetes is just... too much? You're not alone! This time we're asking the tough questions: Has cloud-native infrastructure, especially Kubernetes, become unnecessarily complex? Is it really fair to expect every developer to become a Kubernetes guru? What's the cost of this complexity?We're diving into insights from Gerrit Schumann of mogenius, exploring why this complexity is happening. Are we drowning in a sea of ever-evolving tech? Is there a better way? Can self-service platforms actually simplify things? And most importantly, what can we do about it?In this episode:...
2025-02-2348 min
DevOps Accents#55: Preventing Digital Fraud with Katarina Pranjić from LexisNexis Risk SolutionsFraud, scamming, identity theft and synthetic identities: this time on DevOps Accents Leo and Pablo talk these big topics with Katarina Pranjić from LexisNexis Risk Solutions. In this episode:How digital revolution reshaped the fraud landscape;How to fight fake identities created with AI?How does a company fight against targeted AI attacks?What are synthetic identities?Can we trust our governments with control needed to fight back?Check outour website to learn more about the services mkdev offers for companies.Subscribe toour newsletter.Buy mkdev merchandisehere.
2025-02-101h 00
DevOps Accents#54: Humanizing Customer Support with Caolan Melvin from VoxMailIs customer support fundamentally broken in our day and age? What should you focus on deciding on your customer support solution? Is there something new we can try to improve this process? For episode 54 of DevOps Accents Leo and Pablo talk Caolan Melvin from VoxMail, a company that transcribes and analyses audio messages from your customers and provides new ways for support. In this episode:
How to present your startup at an event;
VoxMail soultions for customer support problems;
How people interact with different types of customer support options;
How the size of the company...
2025-01-2653 min
DevOps Accents#53: Team Tools in the Age of AI with Maks Semyonovykh from MiroFor episode 53 of DevOps Accents join the whole trio of Leo, Pablo and Kirill in conversation with Maks Semyonovykh, Strategic Account Manager at Miro, an online platform for collaboration that provides a shared digital whiteboard space. In this episode:
History of Miro;
Online vs. Offline events;
The rising role of AI agents;
Using LLMs for creative work;
Synchronous and asynchronous collaboration.
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2025-01-1254 min
DevOps Accents#52: AI Helpers for Developers with Juan Pablo from CodeGPTIn which spheres can LLMs already be really useful? What can you do to combat famous AI hallucinations? How to secure your information when working with AI tools? For episode 52 of DevOps Accents Leo and Pablo invited Juan Pablo from CodeGPT to talk about their project and the whole AI space in 2024. In this episode:
The story of CodeGPT;
The difference in AI tools usage in your company;
The growth of efficiency for individual worker;
The fears of AI taking peoples’ jobs;
The progress of AI in 2024;
How the industry reacts to all these changes.
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2024-12-2255 min
DevOps Accents#51: 20 Years of Infrastructure with Thomas Falkenberg from PAYBACKWhat was the beginning of DevOps like? How does your project change when you spend more than a decade with it? In episode 51 of DevOps Accents our guest is Thomas Falkenberg from PAYBACK, a multi-partner loyalty program well-known in Europe, he has been working with since 2007. Also in this episode:
The health of the infrastructure;
How to choose a platform;
The beginnings of platform engineering;
The future of single cloud strategy;
How to scale up your business;
Architectural decision-making process;
Industry trends coming and going.
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2024-12-0852 min
DevOps Accents#50: GPUs in Cloud Infrastructure with Veronica Nigro from mkinfWhat is the place for GPUs in the modern Cloud environment? How did we come to them being so integral for AI and is the naming now a bit confusing for general public? What can we expect from this area? Our guest for episode 50 of DevOps Accents is Veronica Nigro, the co-founder of mkinf, a company providing access to distributed GPUs worldwide.
How GPUs are used in cloud infrastructure;
Should we rename GPUs?
What are specific skills and knowledge required for GPU-based infra?
Is there competition with hyperscalers?
Cost management for GPUs;
What will the...
2024-11-2454 min
DevOps Accents#49: 10x Engineers and Where to Find Them with Elin Brusberg from Vitec MeglerHow to build your team? How to manage engineers and developers? Can you hire one magical being that can do it all and forget all about it? (Spoiler: No, no you can’t). In episode 49 of DevOps Accents Leo and Pablo talk to Elin Brusberg, Head of Development at Vitec Megler. In this episode:
10x developer — what is that?
Building a functioning team vs. relying on that one guy;
How to keep your engineers and developers engaged and invested?
Comfort vs. Challenge: how people are different sometimes;
Developer and business manager, how to build this rela...
2024-11-0552 min
DevOps Accents#48: Very Different Clouds and Aerospace Engineering with Ignacio Echavarría from Dovetail Electric AviationWhat do people misunderstand about aerospace engineers? What future do electric engines bring to aircrafts? How does QA work in aviation? Today we take a break from our usual DevOps and Cloud talk to have a conversation with Ignacio Echavarría, an aerospace engineer and CTO at Dovetail Electric Aviation.
How to become an aerospace engineer?
The carbon footprint issue and the problem of scale;
Quality assurance and rules of maintenance in aerospace engineering;
Can aircrafts go fully electric one day?
What can aviation look like in the future?
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2024-10-201h 00
DevOps Accents#47: The Art of Tech Blogging with Ivan Velichko from Iximiuz LabsOur guest for this episode of DevOps Accents has taken tech blogging to a whole new level. You may know him as Iximiuz or Ivan Velichko. We discuss how tech blogging was born, how insightful content is created and consumed by tens of thousands of subscribers, and how a hobby becomes a career. We also discuss his Iximiuz Labs, an indie online platform for learning Linux, containers, and Kubernetes that offers interactive online playgrounds, hands-on tutorials, and fun DevOps challenges.
In this episode:
Teaching and learning through blogging;
How topics for a tech...
2024-10-0655 minDevOps Accents#46: Can GenAI really be useful?In this episode, we dive deep into generative AI with Álvaro Sáez , creator of an AI tool Current Anima that transforms text prompts into 3D scenes. Álvaro explains how his technology works and what skills you need to have to build something like this and how difficult it is to build an AI startup in 2024.
Alvaro's AI tool that generates 3D scenes from text prompts.
The role of Unreal Engine in creating high-quality animations.
The oversaturation of the AI market with fake solutions.
Competing with AI giants like OpenAI.
AI as a tool for enhancing, not replacing, cre...
2024-09-2349 minDevOps Accents#45: State of the Cloud Report, Cloud Waste, FinOps and Multi-CloudCloud Cost Management has kind of taken over as the top concern for organizations. Pablo, Leo and Kirill come together to analyze the numbers from the Flexera State of the Cloud Report in episode 45 of DevOps Accents.
27% of Cloud waste, is that a lot?
What is FinOps and what is its role?
What are the reasons for the overspent increase?
Are multi-cloud organizations on the rise?
Disaster recovery.
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2024-09-0845 min
DevOps Accents#44: The Importance of DevOps Community with Johannes Koch from FICOCan the community influence the evolution of cloud technologies? What is its impact on personal and professional growth? Do we underestimate the value of networking and knowledge sharing? Johannes Koch, Senior Engineer at FICO and AWS DevTools Hero, joins Pablo, Leo and Kirill for this episode of DevOps Accents.
AWS Heroes Program;
Community work vs. Corporate work;
The role of the community for juniors and for seniors;
What is the relationship between big tech companies and influential seniors?
Custom blueprints in CodeCatalyst;
Avoiding GenAI hype.
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2024-08-2558 min
DevOps Accents#43: What Drives Job Satisfaction with Fabiano Beselga from adaOur guest this week is Fabiano Beselga, Head of Technology at ada, music composer and YouTuber. He joins Leo, Pablo and Kirill for a discussion of his career path, work-life balance and product discovery.
Fabiano’s path in platform engineering and in music;
How to balance your work with your hobby and side-projects?
Work-life balance around the world: Brazil vs. Germany vs. Spain;
Creating tools for your side-projects;
Continuous Discovery Habits;
How to stay motivated and focused?
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2024-08-1153 minDevOps Accents#42: What a Developer Advocate Does with Ara Pulido from DatadogTune in for a conversation with Ara Pulido, Staff Developer Advocate at Datadog, and join Leo and Pablo for an exploration of what this job is and why it can be so essential for your company in episode 42 of DevOps Accents.
Who is a Developer Advocate?
What do they advocate for and why it’s not just marketing?
How does successful developer advocacy program look like?
How developer advocates influence product development through community feedback?
How to understand that you need a developer advocate in your company?
Is being a woman in tech more difficult?
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2024-07-2857 minDevOps Accents#41: 10 Years of KubernetesCelebrate 10 years of Kubernetes with Pablo, Kirill and Leo and join us for a discussion of its history, impact and possible future.
What was it like to experience the rise of Kubernetes?
A big break for cloud and infra technologies 10 years ago;
Where will Kubernetes be in another 10 years?
Alternatives to Kubernetes;
How big is the impact of Kubernetes for the industry?
Kuberenetes issues;
AI hype bubble.
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2024-07-1650 minDevOps Accents#40: Cloud Gaming and Google Stadia with David Wynn from Edge DeltaLet’s talk about cloud gaming possibilities of today and remember Google Stadia. Our guest this time is David Wynn, Principal Solution Architect from Edge Delta. Join him, Leo and Pablo for a discussion of the problems cloud gaming faces now and the possible future for this experience.
The transformation of the game industry to the cloud, did it work?
What went wrong with Google Stadia?
Cloud gaming: Technical challenges vs. Marketing challenges;
Console gaming vs. PC gaming vs. Cloud gaming;
Why isn’t cloud gaming taking over?
What will the gaming hardware landscape look like...
2024-06-3057 minDevOps Accents#39: Open Telemetry: Observability for Mobiles with Hanson Ho from EmbraceYou all know what Observability is. But what do you know about the complexities of collecting telemetry data from mobile apps and devices, and how to do it with OpenTelemetry? That's the topic for Episode 39 of our #DevOpsAccents podcast with Hanson Ho, Android Architect at Embrace, the only user-focused, mobile-first observability solution built on OpenTelemetry. By providing actionable insights across DevOps and mobile teams, Embrace highlights the true impact of issues on user experience, not just on server performance. We discuss how this can be achieved with OpenTelemetry, if at all possible, and what are the main obstacles to...
2024-06-1651 minDevOps Accents#38: Google Gemini & Microsoft CopilotWhy is Google becoming a summary tool? Should you glue your cheese? What future does local AI on device bring? As soon as Kirill has left the building for a week, Pablo and Leo talk AI for 40 minutes: GPT-4o, Gemini and Microsoft Build conference.
mkdev events this summer;
How fun is it to talk to AI that can emote in its voice?
What will happen to Google Search?
Who is the loser here, the user or Google itself?
Microsoft’s new hardware for AI on device;
What to expect from Microsoft Recall?
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2024-06-0246 minDevOps Accents#37: Broadcom and VMware, Stack Overflow and OpenAIWill the VMware acquisition affect your company? Is there a problem with Stack Overflow partnering with OpenAI? Join Leo, Pablo and Kirill in a discussion of all the recent DevOps, Cloud and AI controversies.
What’s the deal with Broadcom acquisition of VMware?
What do Google and AWS think about it?
What’s up with Stack Overflow partnering with OpenAI?
The power of community vs. the power of a company;
What is a healthy relationship with content you produce for another platform?
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2024-05-191h 01DevOps Accents#36: Google Cloud Next, Google and Spotify Layoffs and Non-Compete AgreementsWhat are the consequences of Google fixating on Gemini? When is it ok to fire thousands of people? How stupid are non-competes? Join Pablo, Leo and Kirill for another discussion on “DevOps Accents”.
Why there are not that many new features for GCP?
What are Google goals with AI?
What happens when you fire your Python team?
Why is Spotify losing money?
Should your janitor sign a non-compete?
Is net neutrality a universally positive thing?
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2024-05-051h 01DevOps Accents#35: DevOps News Selection, Real Life Automation and AI Generated VoicesHow do you navigate your professional news flow? Should you automate that one lady who sells you bread and beer? Can Kirill replace himself with AI? And does size matter in LLMs? Leo, Pablo and Kirill are together again for another chat.
mknews and balancing our news selection process;
Did Amazon fail with their automatic shops?
Are there parts of life better left alone without automation?
Is Kirill human?
A new LLM from Apple;
LLMs and context size.
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2024-04-211h 03DevOps Accents34: Is DevOps capable of reshaping the healthcare industry? with Sergiej Soft from Caspar HealthWhat is the place of DevOps and Cloud in Health Tech, and what is the future of the Health Tech itself? What are the biggest challenges it faces and what could be the solutions? Sergiej Soft, Head of Tech at Caspar Health is here with us today to discuss the many perturbations of healthcare digitalization.
Where do you draw the line defining DevOps?
Health data in the age of cloud;
What stops us from healthcare data standardization?
How sensitive can healthcare data really be?
Centralization vs. Decentralization: what is the way forward for Health Tech?
Our guest...
2024-04-071h 05DevOps Accents#33: Internet of Things and Home Security with Florian Merz from KIWIWhat are the definitions of the Internet of Things? How do you make a lock without a physical key? What are smart cities? How do you optimize your digital lock? Florian Merz, Head of Product and Engineering at KIWI, is here with us to discuss all of that and more.
What is the Internet of Things (IoT) and why is this term to broad to be actually useful?
How do digital locks work and how do older people cope with such technology?
How important is reliability in IoT for home security and how do you test for it?
...
2024-03-241h 02DevOps Accents#32: Platform Strategy and the future of Platform Engineering with Jean-Francois LandreauPablo, Leo and Kirill discuss Platform Engineering with Jean-Francois Landreau and also talk about “Platform Strategy: Innovation Through Harmonization”, a book he contributed to.
The relationship between DevOps and Platform Engineering;
Writing tech books and having them stay relevant;
The future of automation and the amount of work in Platform Engineering;
The problems of standardization in Platform Engineering.
Our guest, Jean-Francois Landreau.
Meet Jean at CI/CDay in Paris this April: https://www.cicday.com
Listen to Jean's talks at Devoxx Athens 2024: https://devoxx.gr
Check out the book by Gregor Hohpe he contributed to.
2024-03-1055 minDevOps Accents#31: Understanding Platform Engineering with Sergiu Petean from Allianz Direct
The evolution of DevOps is inevitable and we have long lived in a paradigm where Platform Engineering is no longer the Next Big Thing, but a necessity. We decided to talk to our friend Sergiu Petean from Allianz Direct and CNCF, who is very advanced in both theory and practice, and shared with us his observations on what Platform Engineering is today and how it changes depending on the type and size of the organisation.
In this episode:
What is platform engineering?
What's the difference between a DevOps engineer 10 years ago and a platform engineer today?
How do...
2024-02-2553 minDevOps Accents#30: Vision Pro and WeaveWorksIn this episode of DevOps Accents, Pablo, Leo, and Kirill discuss Twitter's changes, Apple's Vision Pro impact, VR's future role, and tech dependency.
Episode Celebration: 30th episode and 4K YouTube milestone.
Twitter Changes: How is Twitter's evolving ecosystem impacting users?
Apple Vision Pro: What will be the impact and public reaction to its release?
Tech Advancements: How are technological advancements affecting society?
VR in Society: What role will VR play in our future?
Tech Dependency: Are we becoming too dependent on technology?
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2024-02-111h 05DevOps Accents#29: Is there a Cloud cost scam? Availability zones, egress fees & background jobsIn this episode of DevOps Accents, Leo and Kirill are all about cloud costs, the main topic of mkdev content in January.
Availability zone fees are annoying;
What's scammy and what is clear about cloud closts?
Are there people whose job it is to track cloud expences?
Why aren't cost analysis features turned on by default?
Is all of this common knowledge?
When do companies decide to optimize their cloud costs?
Do you need to worry about background jobs?
How to educate yourself on cloud costs?
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2024-01-2856 minDevOps Accents#28: What Data Protection means in 2024? with Filip Verloy from RubrikIn this episode of DevOps Accents, Pablo and Leo talk to Filip Verloy, a Field CTO at Rubrik
The need for data management systems is increasing;
What's Ruby and how can generative AI be used for data security?
How Rubrik's AI was trained;
What should we protect more in the age of AI?
AI in detecting malicious intent;
What is Double Extortion Ransomware?
The flipside of digital transformation;
There is no silver bullet when it comes to cybersecurity.
Our guest
Connect with Filip via his LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/verloy/
Rubrik, a data management...
2024-01-141h 00
Semaphore UncutPablo Iñigo Sánchez and Kirill Shirinkin on Unveiling Business Value From AIFueled by the urgency of staying ahead of the competition, hype cycles swirling around new technologies often overshadow actual business applications. Buzzwords like "AI" and "LLMs" swirl around promising revolution, but how do you untangle their potential from the hype? And if the cloud is the future, how do you avoid getting trapped in its vendor ecosystems? In this episode, mkdev co-founders Pablo and Kirill will tackle the tech buzzwords —AI, LLMs, DevOps, and cloud lock-in— to help us separate hype from business value.Listen to the full episode or read the transcript on th...
2024-01-0923 minDevOps Accents#27: Saying Goodbye to 2023In this episode of DevOps Accents, Pablo, Leo and Kirill are wrapping up 2023, discussing the biggest news, trends and breakthroughs of the year.
2023 for mkdev;
AI reaching the wide audience it has now;
Job markets in the age of AI;
2024 and AR;
Elon Musk (of course);
Generative AI in design;
Human cognition and what's to come.
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2023-12-311h 13DevOps Accents#26: Software Configuration Management with David Sandilands from PuppetIn this episode of DevOps Accents, Pablo, Leo and Kirill talk to David Sandilands, Principal Solutions Architect at Puppet.
What was the role of Puppet before and what is it now?
How many companies use Kubernetes?
The effect of inertia in technologies for bigger companies;
How much time does it take to scale up?
On prem vs. On cloud: cost effectiveness;
Will VMs ever go away?
Puppet and AI?
What do companies ask for when they ask for AI?
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2023-12-1756 minDevOps Accents#25: Observability and Monitoring with Dotan Horovits from logz.ioIn this episode of DevOps Accents, Pablo and Leo talk to Dotan Horovits, a developer advocate from logz.io
What is developer advocacy and developer evangelism and why it's not marketing?
Observability and Monitoring: how important are they in the Pipeline today?
How did it work before and why is it a separate thing at all?
Who should interpret the data that this tooling collects?
Why is it so expensive to have Observability?
Should each individual developer monitor their own data?
Our guest, Dotan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/horovits
personal blog, https://horovits.medium.com
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2023-12-1249 minDevOps Accents#24: Who Has Experience in AI?In this episode of DevOps Accents, Pablo and Leo talk about the rising demand for AI and what it takes to have experience with it.
Can you have many years of experience with LLMs?
What's the difference between LLMs and Machine Learning of today and Machine Learning of yesterday?
How do LLMs even work?
Is it viable for a company to train its model from scratch?
How to fine tune an LLM for the needs of your company?
Does the AI you need have to be an LLM?
How did AI change the hiring landscape?
What is considered...
2023-11-191h 03DevOps Accents#23: Startup the Brazilian Way with Marcello De Polli from BetterDocIn this episode of DevOps Accents, Pablo, Leo and Kirill talk to Marcello De Polli, a staff engineer at BetterDoc.
Marcello's journey from Brazil to Europe;
South America vs. Europe: Crime rate;
Local services and startups in Brazil;
You Should Think Global;
Cultural differences and application marketing;
Starting new companies with your own money;
Entrepreneurship vs. Working for a company;
Life/Work balance in Europe.
Our guest, Marcello De Polli, a staff engineer at BetterDoc: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcelodepolli
BetterDoc: https://www.betterdoc.org
Brex, a large international financial company originated...
2023-11-051h 06DevOps Accents#22: CI/CD with Darko Fabijan from SemaphoreIn this episode of DevOps Accents, Pablo and Leo talk to Darko Fabijan, CTO and co-founder of Semaphore, a CI/CD tool for high-performance engineering teams.
How was Semaphore created?
How do you go from consulting to supporting a technical tool?
Why do we still need to convince people that CI/CD is a necessity?
What is Semaphore's customer base?
What is CI and what is CD?
Feedback Loop in DevOps;
Canary deployment;
What is the future of CI/CD pipeline?
Semaphore: https://semaphoreci.com
What is Feedback Loop in DevOps in context of CI...
2023-10-201h 06DevOps Accents#21: devopsdays London 2023, and GCP vs. AWSIn this episode of DevOps Accents, Pablo, Leo and Kirill discuss our recent conference experience in London and slightly pit GCP and AWS against each other.
"Google Cloud Run & Databases" Webinar;
Is there something like AWS Proxy in GCP?
What do GCP and AWS do better than the other?
AWS vs. GCP: permissions and organisation;
The city of London vs. other great cities of Earth;
devopsdays London vs. Munich and Amsterdam;
How Hard is it for technical specialists to give public talks?
What's up with open space talks?
IT stereotypes.
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2023-10-0657 minDevOps Accents#20: Chip Wars and TypescriptIn this episode of DevOps Accents, Pablo and Kirill discuss news from the world of TypeScipt and the history of microchip wars.
Hotwire and Turbo leaving TypeScipt behind;
The over the top reaction from the community;
Who feels threatened by this change?
Semiconductors history;
ARM architecture family;
TSMC and the insane number of chips they produce;
What problems does the semiconductors industry face?
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2023-09-2258 minDevOps Accents#19: Data Science and DevOps with Paul LarsenIn this episode of DevOps Accents, Leo and Kirill talk to our first ever guest, Paul Larsen, a Data Scientist!
How did Paul meet Kirill?
From Data Science to DevOps: is it worth it?
MLOps: what's that about?
How does this work from the DevOps side?
LLM excitement;
Productivity factors in medium and big data;
Small enterprise vs. a large project: what are the differences?
Do androids dream of electric sheep?
Show Notes:
Our guest, Paul Larsen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-larsen
Hidden Technical Debt in Machine Learning Systems: https://proceedings.neurips.cc/paper_files...
2023-09-0850 minDevOps Accents#18: HashiCorp License ChangeIn this episode of DevOps Accents, Pablo, Leo and Kirill discuss HashiCorp adopting Business Source License.
The business of HashiCorp;
What is competitive offering?
Is this change fair for the open source community?
Will terraform be forked?
Look what happened to CentOS!
RedHat and Linux vs. Hashicorp and Terraform: what's the difference?
Google vs. Amazon reaction;
Who's happy with this decision?
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2023-08-2557 minDevOps Accents#17: CO2, Lambda and Hurdles of Being an EntrepreneurIn this episode of DevOps Accents, Pablo and Kirill talk about the Environmental Impact of Cloud Computing and CO2 Emissions.
How does cloud computing contribute to global CO2 emissions?
What's the real impact of data centers on the environment, and is it growing?
Are cloud providers' CO2 reports trustworthy, or just a "box-ticking" exercise?
How do personal choices like flying vs. taking the train relate to cloud emissions?
Can Harry Potter's flying train solve our travel emissions problem? (Just kidding!)
What can companies and individuals do to reduce their carbon footprint in the cloud?
Is guilt over environmental...
2023-08-1146 minDevOps Accents#16: Kuberbetes Community, Terraform News and Information ConsumptionIn this episode of DevOps Accents, Pablo and Leo talk about KCD Munich 2023, the community built around Kubernetes and some recent mkdev updates.
No beer at KCD Munich!
The polarized politics and the world of DevOps;
Why would you have Kubernetes-specific conferences in the first place?
Should you go to a conference to find a job?
Pablo's latest video: What's new in Terraform?
Automated social media feeds and advertisement reasons behind them.
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2023-07-281h 03DevOps Accents#15: Why 37signals Is Right (In Leaving the Cloud)In this episode of DevOps Accents, Pablo, Leo and Kirill discuss how and why 37signals, the company behind Basecamp and Hey, successfully left the cloud.
Majestic Monolith;
Spend less money and increase performance: what more do you need?
How to make people believe in your unpoplular idea?
The Boss vs. the Owner: who makes the tech decision?
Focus on what you want to achieve, not on the technology to use;
You might not need to know how to run a cable...
But you might need to know the basics of networking;
How did scaling change with Cloud?
Can...
2023-07-1455 minDevOps Accents#14: devopsdays Amsterdam 2023: The AftermathIn this episode of DevOps Accents, Pablo, Leo and Kirill discuss the latest conference we've sponsored and the conference experience in general.
devopsdays Amsterdam 2023: conference impressions;
Stamp collecting! (it's relevant, we promise);
Porto vs. Amsterdam: the food, the space, the Beer Unlimited;
Who visits the conferences anyway?
The business side vs. the community;
Why bigger companies choose to attend?
GitHub vs. GitLab.
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Podcast editing: Mila Jones, milajonesproduction@gmail...
2023-06-301h 02DevOps Accents#13: Reddit Blackout, Docker and Free StuffIn this episode of DevOps Accents, Pablo, Leo and Kirill discuss the dynamics between users, companies, 3rd party apps and prices for the use of different APIs.
devopsdays Amsterdam 2023: what talks are we interested in?
Reddit going quiet: what's that about?
Companies and paywalls for APIs;
Are free APIs still a thing?
What can users do when they are not happy?
Mastodon and Twitter: you can't just move people;
Nonprofits like Wikipedia;
Docker and money.
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2023-06-161h 01DevOps Accents#12: Work of the Future - AI in Design, Marketing, LawIn this episode of DevOps Accents, Leo, Pablo use Kirill's absence on vacation to talk once again about the consequences of AI boom we're observing.
Buzz words: does ChatGPT steal our jobs?
A history lesson and adaptation to new technologies;
Everyone On the Internet Is an Expert On Tomatoes!
Hey, remember books?
New Adobe generative tool;
Meta's library for identifying objects;
Will our work environment change very soon?
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2023-06-021h 04DevOps Accents#11: Cyber Security, Open Source and Cloud CostsIn this episode of DevOps Accents, Leo, Pablo and Kirill talk about security and everything around it.
Compatibility of open source and cyber security — can openess and security co-exist?
What do you do when you find a vulnerability in software?
How easy is it to be a hacker nowadays?
The dangers of security of things: hack a car, hack a plane;
Who tracks security issues in a company?
How do you know if you're watched or tracked?
+ cloud costs automation.
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2023-05-191h 00DevOps Accents#10: Tekton vs. Jenkins, OIDC and Money from Open SourceIn this episode of DevOps Accents, Leo, Pablo and Kirill talk about Open Source and how companies make profit around it.
Is Tekton still relevant?
Why one company would make two similar products instead of investing in one?
Is the idea of Open Source a little bit dodgy?
Who makes money from Terraform and how?
Building commercial projects on top of Open Source;
Are you allowed to contribute to Open Source as a company employe?
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2023-05-051h 01DevOps Accents#9: Technology Upgrades and Selling SupportIn this episode of DevOps Accents, Leo, Pablo and Kirill talk about the weirdness of selling a product that will need upgrades and support and why we usually don't get things that last forever.
Scientific approach in choosing technologies;
Do companies have our best interest in mind releasing new versions of their products?
CAPITALISM!
Products backwards compatibility;
Products longevity: the AWS way vs. the Google way;
Selling big complicated solutions and the demand for simple ones.
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Podcast editing...
2023-04-2152 minDevOps Accents#8: Talk to GPT! + Who Has Elected the Tech Giants to Rule the WorldIn this episode of DevOps Accents, Leo and Pablo miss their friend Kirill and talk about the rapid growth of AI technology we found ourselves in.
Pablo's talk-to-GPT project;
Why Pablo's tool is not Alexa;
When new technology seems like magic;
Who are the tech leaders who take control?
How did an open-source project achieve more than all the tech giants?
How much will the way we learn things change?
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2023-04-071h 01DevOps Accents#7: Oscars! Movies & Cloud + How Companies Choose TechnologiesIn this episode of DevOps Accents, Leo, Pablo and Kirill talk about all the ways companies choose technologies for their projects, from thoughtful choices to CEOs making spontaneous decisions on the train to work.
What the heck is Service Weaver?
The Oscars carpet color change (what? yes!)
and also the award itself;
Movie special effects: hardware vs. cloud;
Why companies choose the technologies they choose?
Expenses and Spotify payment example;
The spread of microservices.
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2023-03-241h 12DevOps Accents#6: Uber Moving to Cloud: Why? International User Data Storage: How?In this episode of DevOps Accents, Leo, Pablo and Kirill talk about reasons why Uber moved to Cloud and the problems with international privacy legislation.
How much do you pay for services you use?
Open Telekom Cloud, a cloud you're required to use in Germany;
Uber & Cloud;
User data privacy issues between EU and US;
A business selling privacy disclaimer pop-ups to other businesses.
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Podcast editing: Mila Jones, milajonesproduction@gmail.com / https://www.instagram.com/m.ila_jones
2023-03-1058 minDevOps Accents#5: Remote work, human interacation and mental health, work framework and legal issuesIn this episode of DevOps Accents, Leo, Pablo and Kirill are talking about remote work.
How the landscape of remote work has changed in recent years?
How not to slack off work when working from home?
Office work and the importance of human connection;
TAXES;
Work and mental health.
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Podcast editing: Mila Jones, milajonesproduction@gmail.com / https://www.instagram.com/m.ila_jones/
2023-02-251h 13DevOps Accents#4: ChatGPT, AI and how we use it to do our workIn this episode of the DevOps Accents, Leo, Pablo and Kirill are talking about ChatGPT and AI.
That those tool mean for creators, for professionals, for Google and for all of us in general,
Should Google be afraid of Microsoft and ChatGPT?
How did Pablo and Kirill use ChatGPT for their day to day DevOps work?
Will our brains be able to detect AI-generated content?
Check out an episode of our series Making a Product, dedicated to creating a logo for a product with an AI: https://mkdev.me/library/making-a-product-transcripto
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2023-01-251h 13DevOps Accents#3: 2022 in review - cloud gaming, Kate Bush effect, impressive buildings and moreIn this episode of the DevOps Accents, Leo, Pablo and Kirill are wrapping up the 2022:
How the hosts are going to celebrate Christmas and New Year - why Pablo needs to eat a lot of grapes, and why Leo might be eating burned paper
What's cloud gaming, and why is it so impressive?
Why being Google is not enough to enter a new market
How Netflix and social media can revitalize artists career
What's possible to achieve within 5 years using skyscraper as an example
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2022-12-2354 minDevOps Accents#2: Why companies move to the cloud, why they leave it and everything in betweenIn this episode of the DevOps Accents, Leo, Pablo and Kirill are going to talk about what the cloud is all about:
Why do companies move to the cloud and do they leave the cloud;
The many options between running your own DC and using one of the main cloud providers;
The choice between using the cloud right, or avoiding the vendor lock-in and paying enormous bills;
And many other related topics!
Apologies for the sound quality: Pablo and Kirill had to record outside due to travelling, not too far away from the construction works, plus Kirill...
2022-11-2543 min
DevOps Accents#1: DevOpsDays Porto 2022 and What's Next in DevOpsIn this first episode, we will talk about DevOps Porto 2022 conference, why we went there, how IT is these days after the pandemic, and many more things.
Talks mentioned in the podcast:
https://devopsdays.org/events/2022-portugal/program/manuel-pais
https://devopsdays.org/events/2022-portugal/program/mark-schwartz
https://devopsdays.org/events/2022-portugal/program/philipp-krenn2
https://devopsdays.org/events/2022-portugal/program/rinor-maloku
Full program and conference info: https://devopsdays.org/events/2022-portugal/welcome/
Our video highlights from podcast and conference: https://youtu.be/kmGNB8Lv1oI
Full recording of Kirill's talk: https://youtu.b...
2022-10-2236 min
Николя FMНиколя FM - #9. Саша Казанцев - от работника пивного завода до Java - разработчика.Долгожданный второй выпуск из цикла "Путь программиста", который посвящен личным историям людей из мира IT. Разработчики, тестировщики и инженеры рассказывают о своем пути в профессии, делятся важными советами для начинающих специалистов. Вторым гостем стал Александр Казанцев - Java-разработчик в компании HeadHunter. Внутри вас ждёт потрясающая история о том, как пройти путь от работника пивного производства, до разработчика в Одноклассниках, HeadHunter, Mail.ru, преподавателя на GeekBrains. Если хотите начать писать на Java - этот выпуск для вас.
Что внутри:
00:00 - Интро
00:55 - Представляем гостя
02:50 - Как ты решил стать программистом?
06:00 - Чем занимается аналитик?
07:30 - Где ты получил техническое образование?
08:13 - Шутка Гордон-style
11:30 - Первые шаги в программировании
15:00 - Кем работал после университета?
21:00 - Как работает завод Балтика?
23:45 - Какой был мотив пойти в программисты?
25:40 - Сколько дало высшее образоование?
27:25 - Можно без профильного образования стать программистом?
30:00 - Первые собеседования, первая работа, сложности и вызовы
38:50 - Насколько вкусная была первая шаурма на первые деньги в it?
40:25 - Были ли мысли сойти с пути программиста?
41:40 - Когда ты понял, что уже не джун? Долог ли путь до синьора?
48:00 - Выгорание и потеря мотивации
57:50 - что самое интересное в твоей работе
01:01:10 - О чем мечтает синьор?
01:07:00 - Реально устроится на работу после курсов GeekBrains, Otus ...
01:10:20 - Как правильно учится на программиста с нуля?
01:16:00 - Сколько занимает путь от junior до middle ?
01:23:23 - Английский - must have?
01:26:40 - Какие качества важны для будущего программиста, а кому лучше не идти в it
01:32:10 - Какие минусы в работе программиста?
01:35:40 - Оказавшись перед Путиным - что ты ему скажешь?
Книги:
"Современные операционные системы" Э. Таненбаум
"Философия Java" Б. Эккель
"Совершенный код" С. Макконнелл
"Java Concurrency in practice" B. Goetz
Тут можно найти себе ментора:
https://mkdev.me/
https://solvery.io/ru
Инстаграм Саши: https://www.instagram.com/heruv1m/
Мой инстаграм: https://www.instagram.com/nicholas_gribanov/
Блог: https://nicholasgribanov.name/
Телеграм-канал: https://t.me/nicholasfm
Яндекс.Музыка: https://music.yandex.ru/album/11552117
iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/ru/podcast/%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8F-fm/id1524810706
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