DevOps Accents

The internet is “decentralized”… until one cloud provider has a bad day. This time on DevOps Accents, Leo, Pablo, and Kirill break down where decentralization actually exists, where we’ve centralized by convenience, and why outages feel inevitable in today’s cloud-driven world. In this episode:

What “decentralized internet” really means — protocols vs. reality
Why major outages (Cloudflare, AWS, DNS) expose hidden centralization
Single points of failure: clouds, CDNs, certificate authorities, and power grids
From infrastructure to geopolitics: how political borders affect the internet
Disaster recovery trade-offs: cost, downtime, and realistic expectations for teams
Practical advice: how much resilience is enough — and what not to blindly trust

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Show Notes
2025 Year In Review, DA episode with additional discussion of this topic
Cloudflare outage on November 18, 2025
Cloudflare outage on December 5, 2025

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AI now codes faster than most engineers but it also confidently makes stuff up. The “AI made me a 10x dev” story sounds great online, yet many AI-driven projects quietly collapse, and teams pretend they’re not using it. The real value isn’t writing code anymore; it’s steering AI, setting boundaries, and catching its mistakes. Without strong code review, AI becomes a liability. With it, it’s a massive accelerator. The gap is widening fast: structured AI teams are flying ahead, resistant ones are stuck. Today we’re breaking down the real wins, failures, and what coding actually looks like in 2026. In this episode:

Our experiences with AI coding assistants;
How to do it wrong and how to do it right;
Context engineering: beyond prompt engineering;
The importance of tooling around the model;
How to implement this for your team and not break everything.

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In this episode of DevOps Accents, Leo, Pablo and Kirill look back at their own predictions for 2025 they made in 2024 and compare it to what actually happened. In this episode:

The fear and secrecy of using AI tools;
AI agents in 2025;
The progress in vibe coding;
The AI bubble;
Quantum computing and security concerns;
What else can we expect from 2026?

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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. Also in this conversation:
How to become a public speaker?
When not to use Kubernetes?
Do we need to talk about GitOps?

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Show Notes:
DevOps Pro Europe 2026.
Kirill’s speech on May 20.
mkdev’s tips for passing CKA exam.
Preparing for CKA certification with a real example.
all mkdev videos on Kubernetes and containers.
CNCF report Leo mentions.

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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.

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Show Notes:
Bits & Pretzels 2025 (Munich) recap;
Izar Aerospace, European rocket startup mentioned by Kirill;
Scottish Four-Day Week Public-Sector Trial;
Facebook Jobs Relaunch (2025) - is it an indicator that social hiring is back?
Starlink Direct-to-Cell as a vital part of anywhere ops.