DevOps Accents

#69: Is the Internet Really Decentralized?


Listen Later

The internet is “decentralized”… until one cloud provider has a bad day. This time on DevOps Accents, Leo, Pablo, and Kirill break down where decentralization actually exists, where we’ve centralized by convenience, and why outages feel inevitable in today’s cloud-driven world. In this episode:


  • What “decentralized internet” really means — protocols vs. reality
  • Why major outages (Cloudflare, AWS, DNS) expose hidden centralization
  • Single points of failure: clouds, CDNs, certificate authorities, and power grids
  • From infrastructure to geopolitics: how political borders affect the internet
  • Disaster recovery trade-offs: cost, downtime, and realistic expectations for teams
  • Practical advice: how much resilience is enough — and what not to blindly trust


Check out our website to learn more about the services mkdev offers for companies.

Subscribe to our newsletter.

Buy mkdev merchandise here.


Show Notes

  • 2025 Year In Review, DA episode with additional discussion of this topic
  • Cloudflare outage on November 18, 2025
  • Cloudflare outage on December 5, 2025


Podcast editing: Mila Jones / [email protected]

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

DevOps AccentsBy mkdev