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This is seriously cool stuff that will simplify certificate management a lot and remove at least one component from your K8s clusters: https://blog.nginx.org/blog/native-support-for-acme-protocol

In the 78th mkdev dispatch Leo talks about his frustrations with European data protection laws. Also inside: understanding and remediating cold starts, HTTP/2, the Dockerless Course conclusion and more! https://mkdev.me/posts/we-live-in-the-future-except-when-europe-bans-it-78

How to assess your error budget for core cognitive abilities? In episode 64 of DevOps Accents, Paul Larsen, our Head of Data & AI, is back to discuss with Leo recent studies from Microsoft and MIT about ChatGPT and critical thinking: https://mkdev.me/posts/chat-gpt-is-making-you-dumber-not-a-clickbait-there-is-a-research-for-that-64

“Human in the loop” sounds smart—until it’s just a queue of people approving every answer. Paul Larsen reframes operational maturity: if your error budget allows autonomy, run it like a production ML system—with telemetry, thresholds, and audits, not endless approvals. Hear the full conversation on DevOps Accents—get it wherever you get your podcast! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKaqKgm2jVY

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This is great, we don’t need to make everyone install extra tooling required to open up console sessions to our containers: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/09/ecs-exec-aws-management-console/

Why are the reasoning models currently the default? They are too slow! More on how our brain interacts with Chat GPT and others in episode 64 of DevOps Accents with Paul Larsen: https://mkdev.me/posts/chat-gpt-is-making-you-dumber-not-a-clickbait-there-is-a-research-for-that-64

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Dockerless course is now available in full on our website! Follow the full course for free, starting with Introduction: https://mkdev.me/posts/what-s-wrong-with-docker-introduction-to-the-dockerless-course

Or watch it in video form here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLozcbFx8FoPH30kYPbPuPsvxASWoLo9XB

Re-explore containers from open standards perspective: learn all about Open Container Initiative (OCI) and how to see containers for what they really are.

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As always, major Postgres releases bring a load of new features and improvements. Tudor Golubenco from Xata does a great job of giving us an overview together with practical examples: https://xata.io/blog/going-down-the-rabbit-hole-of-postgres-18-features

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! https://mkdev.me/posts/when-developer-is-no-longer-a-profession-79

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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: https://www.bitsand.cloud/posts/slashing-data-transfer-costs/

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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: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/containers/introducing-seekable-oci-parallel-pull-mode-for-amazon-eks/

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! https://mkdev.me/posts/the-internet-is-us-east-1-80

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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: https://klaviyo.tech/pooling-connections-with-rds-proxy-at-klaviyo-e79e04120188

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It’s features like this, not more Bedrock stuff, that makes us excited about AWS again: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/introducing-amazon-ebs-volume-clones-create-instant-copies-of-your-ebs-volumes/

🎙 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: https://mkdev.me/posts/how-tech-hiring-really-works-now-65

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: https://mkdev.me/posts/explaining-ai-explainability-vision-reality-and-regulation

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! https://mkdev.me/posts/holidays-are-coming-holidays-are-coming-81

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An entertaining (but probably not for everyone) walk through how environment variables work: https://allvpv.org/haotic-journey-through-envvars/

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: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eecDcnVx5jM