DevOps Accents

In 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 e...

In 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...

In 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 v...

In 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 so...

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...

In 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 comp...

In 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&#...

In 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...

In 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 k...

In 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...

In 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...

In 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 thin...

In 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 t...

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. Check out...

In 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. Check out our website to learn more about the services mkdev offers for companies: https://mkdev.me. Podcast editing:...

In 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 serie...

In 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 p...

In 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! Apo...

In 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://dev...