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

In the second article of his explainable AI series, Paul Larsen looks at what today’s XAI tools really deliver for different stakeholders—from users to regulators—and where they still fall short for trust, liability and high-risk decisions: https://mkdev.me/posts/explaining-ai-explainability-the-current-reality-for-businesses

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Since April, Montana is the first U.S. state to enshrine ‘Right to Compute’ into law. Thanks, Governor Dutton! https://montananewsroom.com/montana-becomes-first-state-to-enshrine-right-to-compute-into-law/

Are big conferences a good place to get hired? Check out the full discussion in episode 65 of DevOps Accents: https://mkdev.me/posts/how-tech-hiring-really-works-now-65

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: https://mkdev.me/posts/is-kubernetes-an-engineering-choice-or-a-must-66

In the 82nd dispatch Pablo talks about the IT industry of 2025 finally moving away from the hype cycle of 2024, the reality check for Cloud and other industry trends. Also inside: Signal’s post-quantum makeover, Pipelining in psql, Kubernetes Gateway API and more! https://mkdev.me/posts/the-post-hype-year-in-tech-82

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This must be the first exciting none traditional Terraform state usage we saw in a couple of years: https://awsteele.com/blog/2025/10/26/querying-terraform-state-with-aws-athena.html

Learn THE SECRET of how to become a speaker at a conference. Only joking, it’s not that hard. Check out the full episode of DevOps Accents: https://mkdev.me/posts/is-kubernetes-an-engineering-choice-or-a-must-66

Kubernetes is no longer a real technology choice but an industry default: nearly every engineer now knows it, companies overwhelmingly run containers on it, and this creates hiring problems for teams that don’t use it and job-search problems for professionals who avoided it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BQo9h00OUg

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A useful guide on how to see the data for what it is: https://one2n.io/blog/sre-math-every-engineer-should-know-a-practical-guide

Is Kubernetes innovation slowing down, and what does that mean for the trade-offs between managed and self-hosted setups? Full conversation in DevOps Accents 66: https://mkdev.me/posts/is-kubernetes-an-engineering-choice-or-a-must-66

Nano Banana Pro might be the best image gen model right now — but the real trick is how Kirill wired it into Claude Skills. 100+ icon iterations, 4K control, self-critiquing generations, and sane context handling. $45 well spent. Read now: https://mkdev.me/posts/unlimited-image-generation-with-nano-banana-pro-and-custom-claude-code-skill

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A step by step walkthrough with all the commands of upgrading from PG 13 to PG 16. Worth bookmarking for the future: https://palark.com/blog/postgresql-upgrade-no-data-loss-downtime/

In the 83rd mkdev dispatch, Kirill talks about the recent CloudFare outage and what it means for the modern Internet. Also inside: Amazon API Gateway Portal, Husky’s query engine, zero downtime database migrations and more! https://mkdev.me/posts/the-internet-is-cloudflare-83

Listen to DevOps Accents 67 before you make any 2026 tech bets: DORA, outages, and the plot twist—RAM scarcity from GenAI. Kirill, Pablo & Leo cut through the agent hype, bubble chatter, and the quantum “harvest now, decrypt later” threat. 🎧 https://mkdev.me/posts/2025-year-in-review-67

AI writes code fast—but without strong review it’s a liability. With the right boundaries, it’s a massive accelerator. In a new episode of DevOps Accents, we break down why AI-native teams are pulling ahead fast, while resistant ones are getting left behind: https://mkdev.me/posts/the-current-reality-of-ai-coding-assistants-68

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Kirill explains how much experience do you need for all the new AI coding tools to be really useful. Full discussion in episode 68 of DevOps Accents: https://mkdev.me/posts/the-current-reality-of-ai-coding-assistants-68