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For a fully-managed #Kubernetes cluster, EKS Auto Mode still requires some understanding of tools like #Karpenter, CSI drivers and more: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/containers/under-the-hood-amazon-eks-auto-mode/

DevOps Accents is our podcast about all things DevOps, Cloud and AI, including interviews with experts from mkdev, mkinf, Iximiuz Labs, Embrace, Datadog, logz.io, Puppet and many other companies. Catch up with 60+ episode catalogue on https://mkdev.me/categories/podcast or wherever you get your podcasts!

In the 73rd mkdev dispatch Pablo announces our new Open Source Terraform Provider for OpenAI and shares some insights into the project. Also inside: the pros and cons of Lambdalith, observing machine learning workloads on Amazon EKS, Config Data Monitoring and more! https://mkdev.me/posts/we-are-happy-73

This lesson from Kirill Shirinkin’s Dockerless Course explains what a container manager is and why tools like Podman and ContainerD matter. It’s a quick guide to the layers behind Docker. Read it to better understand what really runs your containers: https://mkdev.me/posts/container-managers-and-containerd

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Bare Metal world also gets sweet automations and evolutions. Railway guys share some of the later innovations they introduced to their data centers: https://blog.railway.com/p/data-center-build-part-two

From providing training on the Service Mesh for Allianz Direct to optimizing Babbel’s cloud infrastructure: all of mkdev’s case studies can be found on our Cases page — https://mkdev.me/b/cases

Check it out to research our history and give us a call if your company needs help!

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"Just dropping raw data into LLM and asking questions" is a surprisingly reliable and quick way to get some answers. This has consequences for how we treat observability data analysis - the topic of this article from Honeycomb: https://www.honeycomb.io/blog/its-the-end-of-observability-as-we-know-it-and-i-feel-fine

In this Dockerless Course lesson, Kirill Shirinkin explores Podman — a rootless, Docker-compatible container manager for Linux. It goes beyond Docker with features like pods, systemd integration, and auto-updates. Learn why Podman might be all you need to manage containers without Docker: https://mkdev.me/posts/podman-a-complete-overview

In the 74th mkdev dispatch Kirill talks about the place of Kubernetes in the current infra engineer skill set. Also inside: SQLite multitenancy with Rails, why recreating an IAM Role doesn't restore trust, fundamentals of Amazon Redshift and more! https://mkdev.me/posts/kubernetes-is-ruby-on-rails-74

Kubernetes moved away from Docker, and this lesson by Kirill Shirinkin explains what replaced it and why. Learn how the Container Runtime Interface made tools like Cri-O possible—and why Cri-O now powers platforms like OpenShift. A must-read for anyone working with Kubernetes: https://mkdev.me/posts/cri-and-cri-o

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Guess we are not using Postman anymore then: https://anonymousdata.medium.com/postman-is-logging-all-your-secrets-and-environment-variables-9c316e92d424

While GenAI promises big productivity gains, it also amplifies serious cyber risks for businesses. This article by Paul Larsen, our Head of Data & AI, is an introduction to a series that will offer guidance to mitigate them: https://mkdev.me/posts/will-cyber-risk-kill-your-genai-vibe

Subscribe to get next parts in this series in the following weeks!

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A case of what happens if you let an LLM agent run a real vending machine. We are not that close to fully autonomous agents, but it’s impressive how far they got already: https://www.anthropic.com/research/project-vend-1

Kubernetes isn’t enough! 🚀 In DevOps Accents we chat with Mark Fussell, co-creator of Dapr & Diagrid co-founder, on how Dapr’s sidecar powers clean APIs & durable “agentic” apps. Listen here 👉 https://mkdev.me/posts/kubernetes-isn-t-enough-with-mark-fussell-from-diagrid-dapr-62

In the 75th mkdev dispatch Leo talks about the next period of GenAI usability we're going through. Also inside: Valkey turns one, migrating the Jira Database Platform to AWS Aurora, Amazon Aurora blue/green deployments and more! https://mkdev.me/posts/before-and-after-75

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DSQL is now generally available and is entirely per-usage based. Apparently, inserting 12 000 000 rows with 800mb of storage will cost you less than a dollar per month: https://marc-bowes.com/dsql-how-to-spend-a-dollar.html

The second article in the new series by Paul Larsen explains how GenAI-assisted coding can amplify existing cybersecurity risks and introduce new ones—like data leakage, insecure code, prompt injections, and malicious dependencies—while offering practical steps for developers to stay secure: https://mkdev.me/posts/don-t-let-cyber-risk-kill-your-genai-vibe-a-developer-s-guide

From the times of the client-server model to 2025: check out our conversation with with Mark Fussell from Diagrid & Dapr in episode 62 of #DevOpsAccents: https://mkdev.me/posts/kubernetes-isn-t-enough-with-mark-fussell-from-diagrid-dapr-62

Learn how agentic systems work, and what is a difference between a conductor and an agent, in this clip from episode 62 of DevOps Accents with our guest, Mark Fussell from Diagrid & Dapr. Check out the full episode wherever you get your podcasts!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3fztZZbsv8

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What you would usually use a front end framework for can now be achieved with CSS and occasional sprinkles of vanilla JavaScript. How is this related to cloud infrastructure and devops? Well, lack of framework means simpler builds, faster delivery and less moving pieces, dependency management and maintenance: https://www.jonoalderson.com/conjecture/its-time-for-modern-css-to-kill-the-spa/