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We're absolutely thrilled to be celebrating our 50th episode of the DevOps Accents podcast with the incredible Veronica Nigro! We met at Italian Tech Week, where we connected with so many amazing startups. Veronica is the co-founder of mkinf, which provides access to distributed GPUs worldwide, making it easier than ever to scale and optimize AI infrastructure for inference and model deployment!

And that's exactly what we're diving into in the new anniversary episode! If you're curious about how GPU infrastructure in the cloud works, how you can use it, and why you might need it, you won't want to miss it!

https://mkdev.me/posts/gpus-in-cloud-infrastructure-with-veronica-nigro-from-mkinf-50

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Karpenter should be the default for your cluster autoscaling needs. This journey of moving a large infra from cluster autoscaler to Karpenter is an excellent case study of the benefits of Karpenter, written by Tanat Lokejaroenlarb: https://medium.com/adevinta-tech-blog/the-karpenter-effect-redefining-our-kubernetes-operations-80c7ba90a599

What is the difference between GPUs and CPUs, and when should you use what? In episode 50 of DevOps Accents we’ve invited Veronica Nigro from mkinf to talk about all of that and more, check out the full conversation here: https://mkdev.me/posts/gpus-in-cloud-infrastructure-with-veronica-nigro-from-mkinf-50

Who in your team should tackle GPU orchestration and AI infrastructure? More on that and other GPU topics in episode 50 of DevOps Accents with Veronica Nigro: https://mkdev.me/posts/gpus-in-cloud-infrastructure-with-veronica-nigro-from-mkinf-50

Explore how GCP harnesses the power of service mesh for managing microservices. Pablo's article breaks down the complexity of implementing service mesh in GKE using Anthos, highlighting the use of Istio and the potential of eBPF with Cilium: https://mkdev.me/posts/is-google-cloud-anthos-service-mesh-a-mess

Our guest for episode 50 of DevOps Accents was Veronica Nigro, the co-founder of mkinf, a company providing access to distributed GPUs worldwide. Was is their place on the market and relationship with the hyperscalers? Watch this part of the conversation or check out the full interview wherever you get your podcasts! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZ-ERLTiucs

What is the difference between two main GPU use cases and how does it translate to contracts you need to have? More on this in episode 50 of DevOps Accents with Veronica Nigro: https://mkdev.me/posts/gpus-in-cloud-infrastructure-with-veronica-nigro-from-mkinf-50

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AWS re:invent just happened, with many new exciting announcements. Here are all the major releases and news. It could be, mkdev team will prepare something special on this later in December! https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/top-announcements-of-aws-reinvent-2024/

What does the future bring for GPUs and how to find your place in this fast-changing industry? We’ve spent some time analyzing that and more in episode 50 of DevOps Accents with our guest Veronica Nigro: https://mkdev.me/posts/gpus-in-cloud-infrastructure-with-veronica-nigro-from-mkinf-50

For episode 51 of our DevOps Accents podcast, we invited Thomas Falkenberg, a highly experienced cloud infrastructure and platform engineering expert who has experienced first-hand all stages of technology evolution and adoption within one company, PAYBACK, a multi-partner loyalty program that lets customers earn and redeem points at various retail and service partners, both in-store and online. As a result, he has gained valuable experience that he shares in our podcast. Solutions that have and haven't worked, how to choose the right technology, and the short and long term impact of decisions on the business. It will be useful for engineers and managers alike. Don't miss it!

In this episode we covered:

🔼 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 process;
🔼 Industry trends coming and going

And we feel that we need a follow-up episode already because Thomas Falkenberg is a bottomless pit of knowledge. What do you want to learn from him? Let us know in the comments here or on YT and we will include it in the another episode!

https://mkdev.me/posts/20-years-of-infrastructure-with-thomas-falkenberg-from-payback-51

🚀 Dive into serverless with our latest guide! Pablo Inigo Sanchez shows how to deploy a Google Cloud Function using GitHub Actions instead of gcloud or UI. Learn to automate your workflow with a simple YAML pipeline, enabling HTTP-triggered functions effortlessly. #CloudComputing #DevOps https://mkdev.me/posts/how-to-deploy-google-cloud-functions-with-github-actions

In the 58th mkdev dispatch Kirill analyses what AWS can do better to overcome the barriers to start using all of their hundreds of services. Also inside: Adidas Platform Engineering, Duolingo cloud spending and all the recent mkdev videos and articles. Subscribe now to get more dispatches later! https://mkdev.me/posts/aws-and-barriers-to-entry-58

What financial surprises can you expect when using BigQuery and scaling up your project? In episode 51 of DevOps Accents we’ve asked this and many other questions to our guest, Thomas Falkenberg from PAYBACK. Check out the full episode here: https://mkdev.me/posts/20-years-of-infrastructure-with-thomas-falkenberg-from-payback-51

In episode 51 of DevOps Accents we’ve discussed the whole journey of PAYBACK with Thomas Falkenberg, from his first days there in the 00s till the AI advancements of today. Check out the full conversation: https://mkdev.me/posts/20-years-of-infrastructure-with-thomas-falkenberg-from-payback-51

Discover how to deploy Kubernetes cron jobs using Helm and Google Cloud Build in our latest article by Pablo Inigo Sanchez. Simplifying complex setups, Pablo guides you through creating a cron job to run tasks automatically on your schedule. #Kubernetes #DevOps #GoogleCloud https://mkdev.me/posts/deploying-kubernetes-cronjobs-with-helm-and-google-cloud-build

Our guest for episode 51 of DevOps Accents was Thomas Falkenberg. We’ve talked about the beginnings of Platform Engineering, working with Google for a long time and different cloud solutions. Watch this part of the conversation, or check out the full episode wherever you get your podcasts!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vvoGDpyMKU

How to come up with architectural principles that will be actually useful? Not too broad, but that will stand the test of time? We’ve talked about that and more in episode 51 of DevOps Accents: https://mkdev.me/posts/20-years-of-infrastructure-with-thomas-falkenberg-from-payback-51

What problems can arise when you try out Google Build? Dive deeper in the nitty-gritty of GCP with Thomas Falkenberg from PAYBACK, our guest for episode 51 of DevOps Accents: https://mkdev.me/posts/20-years-of-infrastructure-with-thomas-falkenberg-from-payback-51

Hey, it's a great time to look back at the year. And if you haven't done it yourself, we've done it for you! The big takeaway is that AI is basically taking over the world, jobs, and the minds of everyone around us who can be reached in our industry. That's what we're talking about and making predictions for in the final episode of this season of #DevOpsAccents, with Juan Pablo joining us. He knows more than anyone about how the AI landscape has evolved this year and how tools like CodeGPT have changed the rules of the game for many developers. He'll tell us if 2024 was really a tipping point and if everyone is programming with GenAI to some degree, or if there's more behind it.

Listen, share, and tell us which event in 2024 was a defining moment for you.

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 2024;
✨ How the industry reacts to all these changes.

https://mkdev.me/posts/ai-helpers-for-developers-with-juan-pablo-from-codegpt-52