Vladimir Mikhalev

The Verdict — Vladimir Mikhalev

Technology EN ↓ 17 episodes

Container security, AI governance, and platform engineering, tested in production and argued without the hype. Every episode is a full essay from heyvaldemar.com, narrated by Docker Captain Vladimir Mikhalev in his own voice.

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Vladimir Mikhalev

Episodes

Terraform MCP server GA: the Apply Gate your auditor will ask about 30.06.2026 10:12

HashiCorp's Terraform MCP server is GA and IBM Bob can write production IaC. ENABLE_TF_OPERATIONS separates a safe assistant from autonomous apply.

Your Knowledge Is a Depreciating Asset. Judgment Compounds. 16.06.2026 13:41

AI made reproducible knowledge free, so technical expertise is now a depreciating asset. Judgment is the one that compounds. Here is how to move your weight.

The Senior Engineer Signal: The 2026 Risk Your Velocity Metrics Hide 12.06.2026 10:58

Juniors get the biggest boost from AI; seniors trust it least. That split is your earliest read on engineering risk, and on the talent you're about to lose.

Agent Sprawl: The 2026 Engineering Risk Your Auditor Hasn't Named Yet 11.06.2026 14:01

Unknown numbers of AI coding agents run in parallel — no audit trail, no isolation, no per-team measurement. By 2026 that's an audit finding.

Docker supply chain hardening — from Scout D to OpenSSF 7.8 on a 730K-pull image 22.04.2026 14:25

How I hardened a 730K-pull public Docker image from Scout grade D to OpenSSF Scorecard 7.8. Multi-stage build, cosign signing, SLSA provenance, non-root default, and the incident that changed how I ship attestations.

Cloudflare Web Analytics on Astro — Why Removing GA4 Unlocked Lighthouse 100 18.04.2026 9:03

How removing Google Analytics 4 from an Astro site unlocked Lighthouse 100, why Cloudflare Web Analytics replaced it, and what the tradeoffs actually cost.

The Intake Gate Your CISO Is Missing — 300 Million AI Chat Messages Were Public by Default 15.03.2026 13:53

Over half of AI-enabled apps on major backends carry severe misconfigurations. A hands-on analysis of the 300M-message Firebase breach, the insecure default that caused it, and the 3-layer Operational Discipline Protocol — with specific tooling — to shut down Agent Sprawl before regulators do it for you.

I Tested an AI Agent on My Live Systems. Here Is the Blast Radius Assessment Every Engineer Is Skipping. 22.02.2026 8:16

Everyone is buying Mac Minis and installing AI agents. I tested one in isolation. Here is the architectural framework for deployment that the Instagram hype does not include.

Amazon Project Dawn Cut 30,000 Jobs — Including the Head of AWS Community Builders. Here's What It Means. 06.02.2026 6:59

Amazon laid off Jason Dunn, the architect of the AWS Community Builders program. This isn't the death of community — it's the signal that community must prove production value, not just engagement metrics.

Infosys Deploys Devin AI Globally — And Your DevOps Career Just Became Legacy Labor 04.02.2026 6:07

Infosys just deployed Devin AI globally. If you are a DevOps engineer competing on technical execution, you are now "Legacy Labor". Here is the blueprint to survive.

The End of the Executor — Why Computer Vision Engineers Are Becoming Optional 27.01.2026 4:49

Anisoptera's "Dragonfly" platform just proved that specialized CV engineers are no longer irreplaceable. Here is the math ($150k vs $5k) and the architectural blueprint to survive the shift.

AI Didn't Fix Productivity. Measurement Did. 12.12.2025 5:18

AI adoption is easy. Proving productivity isn't. A Docker Captain's view on why AI impact is hard to measure—and how teams can finally prove real value.

Platform Engineering — The Complete, Practical Guide to Building Internal Developer Platforms That Scale 27.11.2025 16:55

A deep, practical guide to Platform Engineering. Learn how to build internal developer platforms, golden paths, GitOps workflows, and scalable cloud foundations.

Docker MCP — Turn GPT into a Real DevOps Assistant (Slack, GitHub, Stripe) 10.06.2025 5:39

Learn how to turn GPT into a real DevOps assistant using Docker MCP. Discover how AI agents can automate Slack, GitHub, Stripe, and more — securely and at scale.

GitOps on AWS — Real-World DevOps Pipeline with Argo CD, Terraform & EKS 22.04.2025 4:43

Learn how to build a production-grade GitOps pipeline on AWS using EKS, Argo CD, Terraform, Vault, and GitHub Actions. Real-world architecture. No buzzwords — just systems that scale.

Why AI Fails Without DevOps — What No One Tells You 08.04.2025 5:55

Without DevOps, AI fails fast. Learn how containers, CI/CD, and GitOps keep LLMs and ML systems like OpenAI and Hugging Face running at scale.

The AI Era — From Technology to Global Domination 23.04.2024 4:47

Exploring a future where AI controls all aspects of life, redefining global governance and social interactions.