Kubernetes alone isn’t enough! This is what we discuss with Mark Fussell, co-creator of Dapr and Diagrid co-founder. How Dapr’s sidecar gives developers clean APIs (pub/sub, service invocation, secrets, state) with tiny overhead? And how durable workflows and “agentic” apps with Dapr Agents actually function? Also in this epsiode: A short history of architecture models; Differences between service meshes and Dapr; Agentic systems and conductors: what is what? The future of agentic applications; ...
Aug 17, 2025•1 hr
If you haven’t been living under a rock, you’ve definitely heard a lot about Vibe Coding. Some drag it through the mud, others meme it to death , some treat it like a guilty pleasure, and then there are those who embrace it openly, seeing it as the future. We decided to dig into the phenomenon and start with the perspective of someone who’s building a product that’s taking Vibe Coding to the next level. Our guest for episode 61 of DevOps Accents is Tammuz Dubnov from AutonomyAI. In this episode:...
May 18, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 61
Should we pay more attention to our workplace mental health? For episode 60 of DevOps Accents, our guests are Samuele Monasterolo, Lorenzo Grassi and Fabio Ciravegna from Welbemo, an Italian startup for workplace wellbeing assessment. In this episode: The beginnings of Welbemo; The startup environment in Italy; Mental health and wellbeing in the tech industry; How can you measure burnout and anxiety? Protecting personal employee data from the employer; The use of AI and data security in Welbemo....
May 04, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 60
In episode 59 of DevOps Accents, friend of the podcast Darko Fabijan is back to talk about the Community Edition of Semaphore CI. Why did Semaphore go Open Source, what had to be done to do so, and what awaits us going forward? In this episode: Open Source licensing and community collaboration; The impact of Open Source on business and development; Infrastructure and security considerations; CI/CD tools and market dynamics; The future of Open Source. Check out our website to learn more about the...
Apr 06, 2025•58 min•Season 1Ep. 59
For episode 58 of DevOps Accents, Paul Larsen, our Head of Data & AI, is back at the microphone to discuss EU AI Act and its consequences for businesses big and small. In this episode: The speed of implementation of EU AI Act; Total AI freedom for defence; AI risk categories; Understanding AI high risk; AI literacy push. Check out our website to learn more about the services mkdev offers for companies. Subscribe to our newsletter . Buy mkdev merchandise here . Show Notes: What is the EU AI A...
Mar 23, 2025•59 min•Season 1Ep. 58
In episode 57 of DevOps Accents Alessandro Ceni, Lorenzo Cardini and Pio Scielzo from Teticum join Leo to discuss the new possibilities of AI agents for e-commerce. From identifying the problem to choosing the right tools to the issues you might face implementing your new solution, they take you through a whole journey of their startup. In this episode: How to become an entrepreneur? What to say to an AI sceptic? How to talk to investors about AI? AI in e-commerce; Upselling and cross-selling; T...
Mar 09, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 57
Ever feel like Kubernetes is just... too much? You're not alone! This time we're asking the tough questions: Has cloud-native infrastructure, especially Kubernetes, become unnecessarily complex? Is it really fair to expect every developer to become a Kubernetes guru? What's the cost of this complexity? We're diving into insights from Gerrit Schumann of mogenius, exploring why this complexity is happening. Are we drowning in a sea of ever-evolving tech? Is there a better way? Can self-service pla...
Feb 23, 2025•48 min•Season 1Ep. 56
Fraud, scamming, identity theft and synthetic identities: this time on DevOps Accents Leo and Pablo talk these big topics with Katarina Pranjić from LexisNexis Risk Solutions. In this episode: How digital revolution reshaped the fraud landscape; How to fight fake identities created with AI? How does a company fight against targeted AI attacks? What are synthetic identities? Can we trust our governments with control needed to fight back? Check out our website to learn more about the services mkde...
Feb 10, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 55
Is customer support fundamentally broken in our day and age? What should you focus on deciding on your customer support solution? Is there something new we can try to improve this process? For episode 54 of DevOps Accents Leo and Pablo talk Caolan Melvin from VoxMail, a company that transcribes and analyses audio messages from your customers and provides new ways for support. In this episode: How to present your startup at an event; VoxMail soultions for customer support problems; How people int...
Jan 26, 2025•54 min•Season 1Ep. 54
For episode 53 of DevOps Accents join the whole trio of Leo, Pablo and Kirill in conversation with Maks Semyonovykh, Strategic Account Manager at Miro, an online platform for collaboration that provides a shared digital whiteboard space. In this episode: History of Miro; Online vs. Offline events; The rising role of AI agents; Using LLMs for creative work; Synchronous and asynchronous collaboration. Check out our website to learn more about the services mkdev offers for companies. Subscribe to o...
Jan 12, 2025•54 min
In which spheres can LLMs already be really useful? What can you do to combat famous AI hallucinations? How to secure your information when working with AI tools? For episode 52 of DevOps Accents Leo and Pablo invited Juan Pablo from CodeGPT to talk about their project and the whole AI space in 2024. In this episode: The story of CodeGPT; The difference in AI tools usage in your company; The growth of efficiency for individual worker; The fears of AI taking peoples’ jobs; The progress of AI in 2...
Dec 22, 2024•55 min•Season 1Ep. 52
What was the beginning of DevOps like? How does your project change when you spend more than a decade with it? In episode 51 of DevOps Accents our guest is Thomas Falkenberg from PAYBACK, a multi-partner loyalty program well-known in Europe, he has been working with since 2007. Also in this episode: The health of the infrastructure; How to choose a platform; The beginnings of platform engineering; The future of single cloud strategy; How to scale up your business; Architectural decision-making p...
Dec 08, 2024•53 min•Season 1Ep. 51
What is the place for GPUs in the modern Cloud environment? How did we come to them being so integral for AI and is the naming now a bit confusing for general public? What can we expect from this area? Our guest for episode 50 of DevOps Accents is Veronica Nigro, the co-founder of mkinf, a company providing access to distributed GPUs worldwide. How GPUs are used in cloud infrastructure; Should we rename GPUs? What are specific skills and knowledge required for GPU-based infra? Is there competiti...
Nov 24, 2024•55 min•Season 1Ep. 50
How to build your team? How to manage engineers and developers? Can you hire one magical being that can do it all and forget all about it? (Spoiler: No, no you can’t). In episode 49 of DevOps Accents Leo and Pablo talk to Elin Brusberg, Head of Development at Vitec Megler. In this episode: 10x developer — what is that? Building a functioning team vs. relying on that one guy; How to keep your engineers and developers engaged and invested? Comfort vs. Challenge: how people are different sometimes;...
Nov 05, 2024•52 min•Season 1Ep. 49
What do people misunderstand about aerospace engineers? What future do electric engines bring to aircrafts? How does QA work in aviation? Today we take a break from our usual DevOps and Cloud talk to have a conversation with Ignacio Echavarría, an aerospace engineer and CTO at Dovetail Electric Aviation. How to become an aerospace engineer? The carbon footprint issue and the problem of scale; Quality assurance and rules of maintenance in aerospace engineering; Can aircrafts go fully electric one...
Oct 20, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 48
Our guest for this episode of DevOps Accents has taken tech blogging to a whole new level. You may know him as Iximiuz or Ivan Velichko. We discuss how tech blogging was born, how insightful content is created and consumed by tens of thousands of subscribers, and how a hobby becomes a career. We also discuss his Iximiuz Labs, an indie online platform for learning Linux, containers, and Kubernetes that offers interactive online playgrounds, hands-on tutorials, and fun DevOps challenges. In this e...
Oct 06, 2024•56 min•Season 1Ep. 47
In this episode, we dive deep into generative AI with Álvaro Sáez , creator of an AI tool Current Anima that transforms text prompts into 3D scenes. Álvaro explains how his technology works and what skills you need to have to build something like this and how difficult it is to build an AI startup in 2024. Alvaro's AI tool that generates 3D scenes from text prompts. The role of Unreal Engine in creating high-quality animations. The oversaturation of the AI market with fake solutions. Competing w...
Sep 23, 2024•49 min•Season 1Ep. 46
Cloud Cost Management has kind of taken over as the top concern for organizations. Pablo, Leo and Kirill come together to analyze the numbers from the Flexera State of the Cloud Report in episode 45 of DevOps Accents. 27% of Cloud waste, is that a lot? What is FinOps and what is its role? What are the reasons for the overspent increase? Are multi-cloud organizations on the rise? Disaster recovery. Check out our website to learn more about the services mkdev offers for companies. Subscribe to our...
Sep 08, 2024•46 min•Season 1Ep. 45
Can the community influence the evolution of cloud technologies? What is its impact on personal and professional growth? Do we underestimate the value of networking and knowledge sharing? Johannes Koch, Senior Engineer at FICO and AWS DevTools Hero, joins Pablo, Leo and Kirill for this episode of DevOps Accents. AWS Heroes Program; Community work vs. Corporate work; The role of the community for juniors and for seniors; What is the relationship between big tech companies and influential seniors?...
Aug 25, 2024•59 min•Season 1Ep. 44
Our guest this week is Fabiano Beselga, Head of Technology at ada, music composer and YouTuber. He joins Leo, Pablo and Kirill for a discussion of his career path, work-life balance and product discovery. Fabiano’s path in platform engineering and in music; How to balance your work with your hobby and side-projects? Work-life balance around the world: Brazil vs. Germany vs. Spain; Creating tools for your side-projects; Continuous Discovery Habits; How to stay motivated and focused? Check out our...
Aug 11, 2024•53 min•Season 1Ep. 43
Tune in for a conversation with Ara Pulido, Staff Developer Advocate at Datadog, and join Leo and Pablo for an exploration of what this job is and why it can be so essential for your company in episode 42 of DevOps Accents. Who is a Developer Advocate? What do they advocate for and why it’s not just marketing? How does successful developer advocacy program look like? How developer advocates influence product development through community feedback? How to understand that you need a developer advo...
Jul 28, 2024•57 min•Season 1Ep. 42
Celebrate 10 years of Kubernetes with Pablo, Kirill and Leo and join us for a discussion of its history, impact and possible future. What was it like to experience the rise of Kubernetes? A big break for cloud and infra technologies 10 years ago; Where will Kubernetes be in another 10 years? Alternatives to Kubernetes; How big is the impact of Kubernetes for the industry? Kuberenetes issues; AI hype bubble. Check out our website to learn more about the services mkdev offers for companies. Subscr...
Jul 16, 2024•50 min•Season 1Ep. 41
Let’s talk about cloud gaming possibilities of today and remember Google Stadia. Our guest this time is David Wynn, Principal Solution Architect from Edge Delta. Join him, Leo and Pablo for a discussion of the problems cloud gaming faces now and the possible future for this experience. The transformation of the game industry to the cloud, did it work? What went wrong with Google Stadia? Cloud gaming: Technical challenges vs. Marketing challenges; Console gaming vs. PC gaming vs. Cloud gaming; Wh...
Jun 30, 2024•58 min•Season 1Ep. 40
You all know what Observability is. But what do you know about the complexities of collecting telemetry data from mobile apps and devices, and how to do it with OpenTelemetry? That's the topic for Episode 39 of our #DevOpsAccents podcast with Hanson Ho, Android Architect at Embrace, the only user-focused, mobile-first observability solution built on OpenTelemetry. By providing actionable insights across DevOps and mobile teams, Embrace highlights the true impact of issues on user experience, not...
Jun 16, 2024•52 min•Season 1Ep. 39
Why is Google becoming a summary tool? Should you glue your cheese? What future does local AI on device bring? As soon as Kirill has left the building for a week, Pablo and Leo talk AI for 40 minutes: GPT-4o, Gemini and Microsoft Build conference. mkdev events this summer; How fun is it to talk to AI that can emote in its voice? What will happen to Google Search? Who is the loser here, the user or Google itself? Microsoft’s new hardware for AI on device; What to expect from Microsoft Recall? Che...
Jun 02, 2024•46 min•Season 1Ep. 38
Will the VMware acquisition affect your company? Is there a problem with Stack Overflow partnering with OpenAI? Join Leo, Pablo and Kirill in a discussion of all the recent DevOps, Cloud and AI controversies. What’s the deal with Broadcom acquisition of VMware? What do Google and AWS think about it? What’s up with Stack Overflow partnering with OpenAI? The power of community vs. the power of a company; What is a healthy relationship with content you produce for another platform? Check out our we...
May 19, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 37
What are the consequences of Google fixating on Gemini? When is it ok to fire thousands of people? How stupid are non-competes? Join Pablo, Leo and Kirill for another discussion on “DevOps Accents”. Why there are not that many new features for GCP? What are Google goals with AI? What happens when you fire your Python team? Why is Spotify losing money? Should your janitor sign a non-compete? Is net neutrality a universally positive thing? Check out our website to learn more about the services mkd...
May 05, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 36
How do you navigate your professional news flow? Should you automate that one lady who sells you bread and beer? Can Kirill replace himself with AI? And does size matter in LLMs? Leo, Pablo and Kirill are together again for another chat. mknews and balancing our news selection process; Did Amazon fail with their automatic shops? Are there parts of life better left alone without automation? Is Kirill human? A new LLM from Apple; LLMs and context size. Check out our website to learn more about the...
Apr 21, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 35
What is the place of DevOps and Cloud in Health Tech, and what is the future of the Health Tech itself? What are the biggest challenges it faces and what could be the solutions? Sergiej Soft, Head of Tech at Caspar Health is here with us today to discuss the many perturbations of healthcare digitalization. Where do you draw the line defining DevOps? Health data in the age of cloud; What stops us from healthcare data standardization? How sensitive can healthcare data really be? Centralization vs....
Apr 07, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 34
What are the definitions of the Internet of Things? How do you make a lock without a physical key? What are smart cities? How do you optimize your digital lock? Florian Merz, Head of Product and Engineering at KIWI, is here with us to discuss all of that and more. What is the Internet of Things (IoT) and why is this term to broad to be actually useful? How do digital locks work and how do older people cope with such technology? How important is reliability in IoT for home security and how do you...
Mar 24, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 33
