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In the 83rd mkdev dispatch, Kirill talks about the recent CloudFare outage and what it means for the modern Internet. Also inside: Amazon API Gateway Portal, Husky’s query engine, zero downtime database migrations and more! zurl.co/LfN90
How CloudFlare Shapes Modern Internet Connectivity | mkdev
In the 83rd mkdev dispatch, Kirill talks about the recent CloudFare outage and what it means for the modern Internet. Also inside: Amazon API Gateway Portal, Husky’s query engine, zero downtime database migrations and more!
zurl.co
December 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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A step by step walkthrough with all the commands of upgrading from PG 13 to PG 16. Worth bookmarking for the future: zurl.co/CSgY0
December 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Nano Banana Pro might be the best image gen model right now — but the real trick is how Kirill wired it into Claude Skills. 100+ icon iterations, 4K control, self-critiquing generations, and sane context handling. $45 well spent. Read now: zurl.co/BMzc2
Unlimited Image Generation: Nano Banana Pro & Claude Skill
Nano Banana Pro might be the best image gen model right now — but the real trick is how Kirill wired it into Claude Skills. 100+ icon iterations, 4K control, self-critiquing generations, and sane context handling. $45 well spent.
zurl.co
December 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Is Kubernetes innovation slowing down, and what does that mean for the trade-offs between managed and self-hosted setups? Full conversation in DevOps Accents 66: zurl.co/AqUXN
December 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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A useful guide on how to see the data for what it is: zurl.co/zfPVi
December 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Kubernetes is no longer a real technology choice: nearly every engineer now knows it, companies overwhelmingly run containers on it, and this creates hiring problems for teams that don’t use it and job-search problems for professionals who avoided it: zurl.co/0IIhZ
Terraform Won. Kubernetes Won. Your Tech Choices Are Over.
Kubernetes is no longer a real technology choice but an industry default: nearly every engineer now knows it, companies overwhelmingly run containers on it, ...
zurl.co
December 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Learn THE SECRET of how to become a speaker at a conference. Only joking, it’s not that hard. Check out the full episode of DevOps Accents: zurl.co/Ds7oD
December 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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This must be the first exciting none traditional Terraform state usage we saw in a couple of years: zurl.co/hqOW7
December 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
This time Pablo talks about the IT industry of 2025 finally moving away from the hype cycle of 2024, the reality check for Cloud and other industry trends. Also inside: Signal’s post-quantum makeover, Pipelining in psql, Kubernetes Gateway API and more! zurl.co/t2IzR
2025 Tech: Reality Over Hype in AI & Cloud | mkdev
In the 82nd dispatch Pablo talks about the IT industry of 2025 finally moving away from the hype cycle of 2024, the reality check for Cloud and other industry trends. Also inside: Signal’s post-quantum makeover, Pipelining in psql, Kubernetes Gateway API and more!
zurl.co
December 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
On DevOps Accents today, Kirill previews his speech for DevOps Pro Europe 2026. He examines the rise of Kubernetes as a near-requirement in tech—and why its dominance has surprisingly little to do with scaling, microservices, or capacity concerns: zurl.co/PiIZb
Kubernetes: A Must or Choice? | DevOps Accents #66
In 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.
zurl.co
December 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Are big conferences a good place to get hired? Check out the full discussion in episode 65 of DevOps Accents: zurl.co/c8Z5r
December 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Since April, Montana is the first U.S. state to enshrine ‘Right to Compute’ into law. Thanks, Governor Dutton! zurl.co/Ag6jF
December 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
In the second article of his explainable AI series, Paul Larsen looks at what today’s XAI tools really deliver for different stakeholders—from users to regulators—and where they still fall short for trust, liability and high-risk decisions: zurl.co/jiXki
December 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
In this extended clip from DevOps Accents 65, Kirill shares unfiltered impressions from Bits & Pretzels 2025—AI hype vs real products, weird Oktoberfest shutdown & why conferences still matter. Watch now: zurl.co/ys63D
Bits & Pretzels 2025 Impressions
In this extended clip from episode 65 of DevOps Accents, Kirill shares his unfiltered impressions from Bits & Pretzels 2025 in Munich — from deflated AI hype...
zurl.co
December 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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An entertaining (but probably not for everyone) walk through how environment variables work: zurl.co/PKymx
November 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
In the 81st mkdev dispatch Leo talks about the recent Coca-Cola AI slop ad and transparency of AI-generated content in Europe. Also inside: Deep-Dive into Terraform Actions, Terraform modules, Terraform Drift Detection and more! zurl.co/Ghlcf
Coca-Cola's AI Ad: Lost Magic & Mandatory AI Labels | mkdev
In the 81st mkdev dispatch Leo talks about the recent Coca-Cola AI slop ad and transparency of AI-generated content in Europe. Also inside: Deep-Dive into Terraform Actions, Terraform modules, Terraform Drift Detection and more!
zurl.co
November 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
AI can feel magical—until decisions hit health, justice, or safety. That’s where explainability matters. Paul Larsen breaks down what “explainable AI” is, why different people need different kinds of “why,” and how this series demystifies its promises: zurl.co/mFrxJ
Decoding AI Explainability: Vision, Reality & Regulation
AI can feel magical, but when decisions affect health, justice, or safety, we need more than magic—we need explanations. Paul Larsen breaks down what “explainable AI” really means, why different stakeholders need different kinds of “why,” and how this series demystifies the promises, limits, and regulations of AI explainability.
zurl.co
November 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🎙️ New DevOps Accents episode! Fresh from Bits & Pretzels 2025, we break down how tech hiring has changed — from AI-driven screenings to the new rules of networking and standing out today. Curious how it really works now? 👀 Listen here: zurl.co/ZUR5A
2025 Tech Hiring & Conference Trends | DevOps Accents
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.
zurl.co
November 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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It’s features like this, not more Bedrock stuff, that makes us excited about AWS again: zurl.co/bpQnt
November 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Most famous use case for RDS Proxy is probably still "Lambdas", so it's nice to see a bit more traditional usage of this proxy, at scale: zurl.co/Dzk00
November 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
In the 80th mkdev dispatch Kirill talks about the recent AWS outage and the bigger implications of our over-reliance on the cloud providers for the whole web. Also inside: Terraform Cloud token abuse, the infinite sadness of migrations, hashing and more! zurl.co/BOeon
When us-east-1 Goes Down, Half the Internet Falls | mkdev
In the 80th mkdev dispatch Kirill talks about the recent AWS outage and the bigger implications of our over-reliance on the cloud providers for the whole web. Also inside: Terraform Cloud token abuse, the infinite sadness of migrations, hashing and more!
zurl.co
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Numbers are impressive - the question is when we can get this as a default config, so that we don't need to activate this mode ourselves: zurl.co/SfwRN
November 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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November 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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This is smart: use S3 to transfer big amounts of data between A and B, due to the way S3 is priced. Definitely useful for big migrations that would otherwise cost a lot of data egress fees: zurl.co/MHeGK
October 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
In the 79th mkdev dispatch, Pablo talks about the last days of “being a developer” being a thing. Also inside: cross-account and cross-region log centralization in CloudWatch, Terraform Optimization Guide, CloudFlare Radar AI Insights and more! zurl.co/B0Vy7
End of Developer Era? AI Rewrites Tech Careers | mkdev
In the 79th mkdev dispatch, Pablo talks about the last days of “being a developer” being a thing. Also inside: cross-account and cross-region log centralization in CloudWatch, Terraform Optimization Guide, CloudFlare Radar AI Insights and more!
zurl.co
October 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM