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Kelsey Hightower
@kelseyhightower.com
· Dec 11
AI, DevOps, and Kubernetes: Kelsey Hightower on What’s Next
YouTube video by JetBrains
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It's rare that I get to reflect back on my entire tech career and my philosophy towards work and life, but this interview captures it perfectly. One of the few recordings of myself I've watched end to end. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdUb...
Reposted by Kelsey Hightower
If you are assigned a leadership position in an #OpenSource project, step 1 after accepting it should be finding someone you can mentor to take over for you when you step down. Whatever the position is, you do not want to do it forever.
January 8, 2026 at 11:36 PM
If you are assigned a leadership position in an #OpenSource project, step 1 after accepting it should be finding someone you can mentor to take over for you when you step down. Whatever the position is, you do not want to do it forever.
Volkswagen is going back to physical buttons in their cars. You even get a virtual cassette tape deck.
January 6, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Volkswagen is going back to physical buttons in their cars. You even get a virtual cassette tape deck.
AI agents are only as good as the tasks they can reliability perform.
January 5, 2026 at 9:53 PM
AI agents are only as good as the tasks they can reliability perform.
Reposted by Kelsey Hightower
It's been a long time since I was hooked on every single word spoken on a podcast. I think Kelsey has something valuable to share with the world @kelseyhightower.com
Thank you. Look forward to hearing more about your life and work philosophy!
Thank you. Look forward to hearing more about your life and work philosophy!
It's rare that I get to reflect back on my entire tech career and my philosophy towards work and life, but this interview captures it perfectly. One of the few recordings of myself I've watched end to end. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdUb...
AI, DevOps, and Kubernetes: Kelsey Hightower on What’s Next
YouTube video by JetBrains
www.youtube.com
January 4, 2026 at 10:00 PM
It's been a long time since I was hooked on every single word spoken on a podcast. I think Kelsey has something valuable to share with the world @kelseyhightower.com
Thank you. Look forward to hearing more about your life and work philosophy!
Thank you. Look forward to hearing more about your life and work philosophy!
🎯
When you’re doom posting about how everything is inevitable and no one can stop them, you’re doing their work for them. Stop that
January 3, 2026 at 8:09 PM
🎯
I can see the prompts now. "Please stop this DDoS attack and recover our customer's stolen data"
If 2025 was the year of vibe coding, 2026 will be the year of vibe maintenance and security.
January 3, 2026 at 5:38 PM
I can see the prompts now. "Please stop this DDoS attack and recover our customer's stolen data"
If 2025 was the year of vibe coding, 2026 will be the year of vibe maintenance and security.
January 3, 2026 at 4:47 PM
If 2025 was the year of vibe coding, 2026 will be the year of vibe maintenance and security.
It's our practice and experience that is used to train the machines. Train your own model.
December 31, 2025 at 7:34 PM
It's our practice and experience that is used to train the machines. Train your own model.
Just found out my daughter is going to be speaking at her first tech meetup. The dope part is @kelishightower.bsky.social made it happen on her own and sent me the link as a surprise.
"What It's Like to Learn Cloud-Native Today — A Beginner's Kubernetes Story" www.meetup.com/cloud-native...
"What It's Like to Learn Cloud-Native Today — A Beginner's Kubernetes Story" www.meetup.com/cloud-native...
January Meetup: Observability, Kubernetes, and the Beginner’s Journey, Thu, Jan 22, 2026, 5:30 PM | Meetup
Let’s kick off 2025 with another great evening of cloud-native learning, real-world talks, and hallway conversations with Portland’s platform-engineering community.
**Date
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December 31, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Just found out my daughter is going to be speaking at her first tech meetup. The dope part is @kelishightower.bsky.social made it happen on her own and sent me the link as a surprise.
"What It's Like to Learn Cloud-Native Today — A Beginner's Kubernetes Story" www.meetup.com/cloud-native...
"What It's Like to Learn Cloud-Native Today — A Beginner's Kubernetes Story" www.meetup.com/cloud-native...
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One great thing about LLMs that resonates with me came from @kelseyhightower.com: that to enable MCPs, devs are finally willing to write great docs and accurate API specs, because without them the LLMs simply don't work. Just wish we always did this for other humans.
youtu.be/HdUbTyvrfKo?...
youtu.be/HdUbTyvrfKo?...
AI, DevOps, and Kubernetes: Kelsey Hightower on What’s Next
YouTube video by JetBrains
youtu.be
December 28, 2025 at 4:40 PM
One great thing about LLMs that resonates with me came from @kelseyhightower.com: that to enable MCPs, devs are finally willing to write great docs and accurate API specs, because without them the LLMs simply don't work. Just wish we always did this for other humans.
youtu.be/HdUbTyvrfKo?...
youtu.be/HdUbTyvrfKo?...
Reposted by Kelsey Hightower
This may be @kelseyhightower.com's best interview, so good!
title doesn't do justice to the topics covered nor to the wisdoms Kelsey shares as a natural educator
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdUb...
title doesn't do justice to the topics covered nor to the wisdoms Kelsey shares as a natural educator
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdUb...
AI, DevOps, and Kubernetes: Kelsey Hightower on What’s Next
YouTube video by JetBrains
www.youtube.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:57 AM
This may be @kelseyhightower.com's best interview, so good!
title doesn't do justice to the topics covered nor to the wisdoms Kelsey shares as a natural educator
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdUb...
title doesn't do justice to the topics covered nor to the wisdoms Kelsey shares as a natural educator
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdUb...
I got smarter today.
December 22, 2025 at 8:36 PM
I got smarter today.
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Angertainment is a great way to describe the emotional experience most social media platforms are optimizing for.
January 17, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Angertainment is a great way to describe the emotional experience most social media platforms are optimizing for.
Cheap money makes everything more expensive.
December 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Cheap money makes everything more expensive.
I'm learning about prediction markets and I think America has a gambling problem.
December 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I'm learning about prediction markets and I think America has a gambling problem.
Reposted by Kelsey Hightower
Fantastic interview with @kelseyhightower.com. Discusses DevOps, open source, AI hype and personal growth.
"All paths lead to self-learning"
"When people wear a title, they forget to evolve"
"Senior engineer, junior human"
The story about his first contribution to Kubernetes is inspiring 🎉!
"All paths lead to self-learning"
"When people wear a title, they forget to evolve"
"Senior engineer, junior human"
The story about his first contribution to Kubernetes is inspiring 🎉!
Good video capturing journey of our industry, and the following topics: from servers to containers and serverless, #DevOps vs. #Platform engineering, of course #Kubernetes, of course #AI too 😜, tool sprawl/complexity and what's next? Worth a watch and Kelsey sharing his wisdom and experience!
It's rare that I get to reflect back on my entire tech career and my philosophy towards work and life, but this interview captures it perfectly. One of the few recordings of myself I've watched end to end. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdUb...
December 11, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Fantastic interview with @kelseyhightower.com. Discusses DevOps, open source, AI hype and personal growth.
"All paths lead to self-learning"
"When people wear a title, they forget to evolve"
"Senior engineer, junior human"
The story about his first contribution to Kubernetes is inspiring 🎉!
"All paths lead to self-learning"
"When people wear a title, they forget to evolve"
"Senior engineer, junior human"
The story about his first contribution to Kubernetes is inspiring 🎉!
Reposted by Kelsey Hightower
Good video capturing journey of our industry, and the following topics: from servers to containers and serverless, #DevOps vs. #Platform engineering, of course #Kubernetes, of course #AI too 😜, tool sprawl/complexity and what's next? Worth a watch and Kelsey sharing his wisdom and experience!
It's rare that I get to reflect back on my entire tech career and my philosophy towards work and life, but this interview captures it perfectly. One of the few recordings of myself I've watched end to end. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdUb...
AI, DevOps, and Kubernetes: Kelsey Hightower on What’s Next
YouTube video by JetBrains
www.youtube.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Good video capturing journey of our industry, and the following topics: from servers to containers and serverless, #DevOps vs. #Platform engineering, of course #Kubernetes, of course #AI too 😜, tool sprawl/complexity and what's next? Worth a watch and Kelsey sharing his wisdom and experience!
I know you're not supposed to read the comments, but I'm sucker for positive feedback.
December 11, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I know you're not supposed to read the comments, but I'm sucker for positive feedback.
It's rare that I get to reflect back on my entire tech career and my philosophy towards work and life, but this interview captures it perfectly. One of the few recordings of myself I've watched end to end. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdUb...
AI, DevOps, and Kubernetes: Kelsey Hightower on What’s Next
YouTube video by JetBrains
www.youtube.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
It's rare that I get to reflect back on my entire tech career and my philosophy towards work and life, but this interview captures it perfectly. One of the few recordings of myself I've watched end to end. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdUb...
🎯 That's why I think people are the most important part of the equation.
Im going to add to that: everyone has access to the technology everyone else has access to. Not everyone knows how to put a computer in a Lego cabinet and build Google
December 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM
🎯 That's why I think people are the most important part of the equation.
Some companies are waiting for a new technology to unlock an imaginary innovation when everything required to build a company the size of Google was available 20 years ago.
December 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Some companies are waiting for a new technology to unlock an imaginary innovation when everything required to build a company the size of Google was available 20 years ago.
I flew to Amsterdam and did an interview with the @jetbrains.com team. We covered everything from DevOps to AI, and why I think it's so important for people to constantly reflect on their careers to avoid having 20 years of 1 year experience.
@kelseyhightower.com on platform engineering:
The deployment inputs you ask for – version, CPU, memory, disk, region – are the API your developers rely on.
VMware, cloud, whatever the backend is… the API is what matters.
👉 Full interview: jb.gg/p27tj8
The deployment inputs you ask for – version, CPU, memory, disk, region – are the API your developers rely on.
VMware, cloud, whatever the backend is… the API is what matters.
👉 Full interview: jb.gg/p27tj8
December 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I flew to Amsterdam and did an interview with the @jetbrains.com team. We covered everything from DevOps to AI, and why I think it's so important for people to constantly reflect on their careers to avoid having 20 years of 1 year experience.
Reposted by Kelsey Hightower
@kelseyhightower.com on platform engineering:
The deployment inputs you ask for – version, CPU, memory, disk, region – are the API your developers rely on.
VMware, cloud, whatever the backend is… the API is what matters.
👉 Full interview: jb.gg/p27tj8
The deployment inputs you ask for – version, CPU, memory, disk, region – are the API your developers rely on.
VMware, cloud, whatever the backend is… the API is what matters.
👉 Full interview: jb.gg/p27tj8
December 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
@kelseyhightower.com on platform engineering:
The deployment inputs you ask for – version, CPU, memory, disk, region – are the API your developers rely on.
VMware, cloud, whatever the backend is… the API is what matters.
👉 Full interview: jb.gg/p27tj8
The deployment inputs you ask for – version, CPU, memory, disk, region – are the API your developers rely on.
VMware, cloud, whatever the backend is… the API is what matters.
👉 Full interview: jb.gg/p27tj8
I remember when SSL certificates cost more than hosting your website. And good luck remembering to renew it before the old one expired.
10 years ago @letsencrypt.bsky.social changed all that. letsencrypt.org/2025/12/09/1...
10 years ago @letsencrypt.bsky.social changed all that. letsencrypt.org/2025/12/09/1...
10 Years of Let's Encrypt Certificates
On September 14, 2015, our first publicly-trusted certificate went live. We were proud that we had issued a certificate that a significant majority of clients could accept, and had done it using autom...
letsencrypt.org
December 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I remember when SSL certificates cost more than hosting your website. And good luck remembering to renew it before the old one expired.
10 years ago @letsencrypt.bsky.social changed all that. letsencrypt.org/2025/12/09/1...
10 years ago @letsencrypt.bsky.social changed all that. letsencrypt.org/2025/12/09/1...
Sometimes you gotta do it yourself.
December 9, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Sometimes you gotta do it yourself.