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A number of practical tips on reducing alert fatigue. The best one is to treat each alert as an incident, as this is the only way to properly process them and configure towards less noise and more signal: https://incident.io/hubs/on-call/dealing-with-alert-fatigue-head-on

Meta vs. Google vs. AWS: What is the long term game?

Full discussion in the new episode of “DevOps Accents”: https://mkdev.me/posts/google-cloud-next-google-and-spotify-layoffs-and-non-compete-agreements-36

Pablo Inigo Sanchez provides a detailed tutorial on updating OpenShift in GCP, starting from version 4.10 up to 4.13. The guide covers necessary preparations like system backups, API deprecations, and ensuring all operators are updated for a smooth transition: https://mkdev.me/posts/how-to-upgrade-openshift-4-x

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More mknews for you! StackOverflow and OpenAI, Spotify BackStage Portal, Oracle23ai GA, AWS Bedrock Studio. All the latest DevOps, Cloud and AI news in one place, curated by Kirill Shirinkin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrG1rEDLpR0

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AWS recognizes that not every organization needs the same security baseline. This one is focusing on startups, and provides a minimum required to stay secure, but keeps shipping fast: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/prescriptive-guidance/latest/aws-startup-security-baseline/welcome.html

We are very excited to announce an addition to the key mkdev team. Please welcome Jennifer Marin, our Sales Manager and Account Executive. She will be focusing on developing relationships with existing and future clients and partners.

This is a big and very important step for us as a company. More than ever before we feel empowered to offer our knowledge, expertise and skills to more teams across the industry and we are very excited to have Jennifer as part of our team. Her professionalism and extensive experience will help us realize our ambitions!

You will meet Jennifer at conferences we will be attending, at our joint meetings, and also at times when she blesses you with an email or a call :)

Let's show Jennifer our joint support and wish her much professional fulfillment!

Next 2024: Is Google’s focus in the right place?

More on this in the full episode of “DevOps Accents”: https://mkdev.me/posts/google-cloud-next-google-and-spotify-layoffs-and-non-compete-agreements-36

Paul Larsen explores semantic search with Generative AI and LLMs, discussing Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG). He compares vector and relational databases using German Masters Swimming data and provides insights on selecting the right database for business needs and AI strategy: https://mkdev.me/posts/which-database-when-for-ai-are-vector-databases-all-you-need

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: https://mkdev.me/posts/broadcom-and-vmware-stack-overflow-and-openai-37

This summer we're attending a series of events to connect with partners, colleagues, and new contacts. Here are some highlights:

🌐 May 31, Finticipate, Belgrade: Fintech forum for South East Europe.
🌐 June 5, AWS Summit, Madrid: Explore AWS services and solutions.
🌐 June 6-7, South Summit, Madrid: Innovation platform for entrepreneurs and investors.
🌐 June 13, CTO Summit by GeeksHubs: Insights for technology leaders.
🌐 July 1, KCD Munich: Kubernetes community gathering.
🌐 July 4, Lean Leader Summit: Leadership and lean management principles.

Add these to your calendar, email us to set up meetings, and let’s connect!
For more details, check out our full article: https://mkdev.me/posts/connecting-this-summer-mkdev-s-event-schedule

In this week’s video, join Pablo AND Kirill for an overview of AWS Summit Berlin 2024! EU Sovereign Cloud, New AWS CEO, Cloud Lock-In and other news: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M02l4RgPqEE

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A deep dive into the concept of machine unlearning - the process of making the model forget certain things for either privacy or safety reason: https://ai.stanford.edu/~kzliu/blog/unlearning

Stack Overflow: a dopamine factory.

More on Stack Overflow partnership with OpenAI in episode 37 of DevOps Accents: https://mkdev.me/posts/broadcom-and-vmware-stack-overflow-and-openai-37

Part 2 of Paul Larsen's series dives into the mechanics of relational and vector databases for AI. Discover how combining these tools enhances data retrieval, linking theory to practical solutions for business applications: https://mkdev.me/posts/which-database-when-for-ai-vector-and-relational-databases-in-practice

Webinar Wednesday is in two days! Choose your free webinar and attend any Wednesday: learn how AWS Load Balancer Controller for Kubernetes works or how to connect Cloud Run with a database in GCP. Register now to get a reminder: https://mkdev.me/webinars

Let’s discuss why we’ll see the end of Stack Overflow in the coming months and why Google search needs to change. Check out Pablo’s new video on the matter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FK8LIymg5sk

The broader implications of Stack Overflow partnership with OpenAI.

Full discussion with Pablo, Leo and Kirill in episode 37 of DevOps Accents: https://mkdev.me/posts/broadcom-and-vmware-stack-overflow-and-openai-37

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Unlike Pulumi, CloudFormation doesn’t have a real programmatic way to invoke infrastructure creation or updates. Luckily, with enough duct taping anything is possible on AWS - the point that this blog post proves really well: https://www.serverlesssam.com/p/code-as-infra/