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/

The problem with VMware license change.

A full explanation of Broadcom’s VMware acquisition in episode 37 of DevOps Accents: https://mkdev.me/posts/broadcom-and-vmware-stack-overflow-and-openai-37

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: https://mkdev.me/posts/google-gemini-microsoft-copilot-38

TOMORROW, June 5, you can find mkdev at AWS Summit Madrid, the largest AWS cloud event in Spain. Meet Pablo Inigo Sanchez and Jennifer Marin and let's spend some time together!

You can find out more about the event here: https://aws.amazon.com/es/events/summits/emea/madrid/

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All the latest DevOps, Cloud and AI news rounded up in the new episode of mknews! Today we have for you LLMs failing to replace lawyers, Microsoft Surface beating Apple Sillicon, Google Cloud letting Kinesis in and improving traffic management, and more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFbEE5PIDHY

On June 6 or 7 meet us at South Summit Madrid! Pablo Inigo Sanchez and Jennifer Marin will attend on the second and third days of the event. Come up to say hi and talk at any time. Find out more about South Summit here: https://www.southsummit.io

Recently, it feels like AWS is not as customer-obsessed as it used to be. It tries to catch up with the AI hype train, invests billions into its AI offering and doesn’t seem to care much about anything else. Read Kirill’s opinion on the future of AWS, catch up on the interesting articles from around the web and subscribe to mkdev dispatch to be the first to receive the next one: https://mkdev.me/posts/aws-should-stop-playing-the-catch-up-game-45

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A great show case of one of the newer Kubernetes features. Pulling some data from object storage during the startup is not so rare, and being able to significantly speed this up feels great: https://medium.com/riskified-technology/optimize-kubernetes-pods-startup-time-using-volumesnapshots-c0a2b7d39a29

Is there a problem with new Google Search features?

Full conversation with Leo and Pablo in episode 38 of “DevOps Accents”: https://mkdev.me/posts/google-gemini-microsoft-copilot-38