DevOps Accents

By mkdev

'DevOps Accents', a bi-weekly mkdev podcast on everything around DevOps, Public Cloud and Cloud Native topics, with your hosts Pablo, Leo and Kirill.... more

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How many episodes does DevOps Accents have?

The podcast currently has 64 episodes available.

DevOps Accents episodes:

January 26, 2025#54: Humanizing Customer Support with Caolan Melvin from VoxMail
Is customer support fundamentally broken in our day and age? What should you focus on deciding on your customer support solution? Is there something new we can try to improve this process? For episode 54 of DevOps Accents Leo and Pablo talk Caolan Melvin from VoxMail, a company that transcribes and analyses audio messages from your customers and provides new ways for support. In this episode:
How to present your startup at an event;

VoxMail soultions for customer support problems;

How people interact with different types of customer support options;

How the size of the company affects its customer support solutions;

Will humanizing the chatbots help in the future?

VoxMail mission.

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Show Notes:
Our guest, Caolan Melvin, on LinkedIn.

His company, VoxMail.

Podcast editing: Mila Jones, [email protected]
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54min
January 12, 2025#53: Team Tools in the Age of AI with Maks Semyonovykh from Miro
For episode 53 of DevOps Accents join the whole trio of Leo, Pablo and Kirill in conversation with Maks Semyonovykh, Strategic Account Manager at Miro, an online platform for collaboration that provides a shared digital whiteboard space. In this episode:
History of Miro;

Online vs. Offline events;

The rising role of AI agents;

Using LLMs for creative work;

Synchronous and asynchronous collaboration.

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Show Notes:
Our guest, Maks Semyonovykh, on Linkedin.

Miro, a single, AI-powered collaboration platform that helps teams move faster from idea to outcome.

Podcast editing: Mila Jones, [email protected]
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55min
December 22, 2024#52: AI Helpers for Developers with Juan Pablo from CodeGPT
In which spheres can LLMs already be really useful? What can you do to combat famous AI hallucinations? How to secure your information when working with AI tools? For episode 52 of DevOps Accents Leo and Pablo invited Juan Pablo from CodeGPT to talk about their project and the whole AI space in 2024. 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.

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Our guest, Juan Pablo, on LinkedIn.

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56min
December 08, 2024#51: 20 Years of Infrastructure with Thomas Falkenberg from PAYBACK
What was the beginning of DevOps like? How does your project change when you spend more than a decade with it? In episode 51 of DevOps Accents our guest is Thomas Falkenberg from PAYBACK, a multi-partner loyalty program well-known in Europe, he has been working with since 2007. Also in this episode:
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.

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Show Notes:
Our guest, Thomas Falkenberg, on Linkedin.

PAYBACK, a leading multipartner loyalty program and multichannel marketing platform.

Podcast editing: Mila Jones, [email protected]
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53min
November 24, 2024#50: GPUs in Cloud Infrastructure with Veronica Nigro from mkinf
What is the place for GPUs in the modern Cloud environment? How did we come to them being so integral for AI and is the naming now a bit confusing for general public? What can we expect from this area? Our guest for episode 50 of DevOps Accents is Veronica Nigro, the co-founder of mkinf, a company providing access to distributed GPUs worldwide.
How GPUs are used in cloud infrastructure;

Should we rename GPUs?

What are specific skills and knowledge required for GPU-based infra?

Is there competition with hyperscalers?

Cost management for GPUs;

What will the future look like?

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Show Notes:
Our guest, Veronica Nigro, the co-founder of mkinf, on LinkedIn.

mkinf, distributed inference for GenAI companies. mkinf provides access to distributed GPUs worldwide, reducing latency and making it easier for businesses that need real-time AI responses. Their platform aggregates fragmented computational power across data centers, making it easier to scale and optimize AI infrastructure for model deployment and inference.

Evolving Drivers of AI Infrastructure Optimization, an interview with Veronica for more insights on inference.

Podcast editing: Mila Jones, [email protected]
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55min
November 05, 2024#49: 10x Engineers and Where to Find Them with Elin Brusberg from Vitec Megler
How to build your team? How to manage engineers and developers? Can you hire one magical being that can do it all and forget all about it? (Spoiler: No, no you can’t). In episode 49 of DevOps Accents Leo and Pablo talk to Elin Brusberg, Head of Development at Vitec Megler. In this episode:
10x developer — what is that?

Building a functioning team vs. relying on that one guy;

How to keep your engineers and developers engaged and invested?

Comfort vs. Challenge: how people are different sometimes;

Developer and business manager, how to build this relationship?

How to choose your hiring priorities?

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Show Notes:
Our guest, Elin Brusberg, on LinkedIn.

Vitec Megler is a leading provider of standard software for the real estate business in Norway, making sure they have everything they need to thrive and work efficiently. They are part of the Vitec group, who deliver business critical software for a large variety of niches in Europe.

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53min
October 20, 2024#48: Very Different Clouds and Aerospace Engineering with Ignacio Echavarría from Dovetail Electric Aviation
What do people misunderstand about aerospace engineers? What future do electric engines bring to aircrafts? How does QA work in aviation? Today we take a break from our usual DevOps and Cloud talk to have a conversation with Ignacio Echavarría, an aerospace engineer and CTO at Dovetail Electric Aviation.
How to become an aerospace engineer?

The carbon footprint issue and the problem of scale;

Quality assurance and rules of maintenance in aerospace engineering;

Can aircrafts go fully electric one day?

What can aviation look like in the future?

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Our guest, Ignacio Echavarría.

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October 06, 2024#47: The Art of Tech Blogging with Ivan Velichko from Iximiuz Labs
Our guest for this episode of DevOps Accents has taken tech blogging to a whole new level. You may know him as Iximiuz or Ivan Velichko. We discuss how tech blogging was born, how insightful content is created and consumed by tens of thousands of subscribers, and how a hobby becomes a career. We also discuss his Iximiuz Labs, an indie online platform for learning Linux, containers, and Kubernetes that offers interactive online playgrounds, hands-on tutorials, and fun DevOps challenges.

In this episode:
Teaching and learning through blogging;

How topics for a tech blog are chosen;

Understanding your audience;

Monetizing a tech blog;

How Ivan's famous diagrams are created;

What makes Iximius Labs a comprehensive learning platform.

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Show Notes:
Ivan’s personal tech blog with all the must read articles on cloud tech.

Iximiuz Labs, an interactive educational platform with courses, challenges and playgrounds on Docker, Kubernetes, Linux, Networking, and Security.

Our guest, Ivan Velichko, on X and on Linkedin.

Podcast editing: Mila Jones, https://www.instagram.com/mila.jones.production / [email protected]
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56min
September 23, 2024#46: Can GenAI really be useful?
In this episode, we dive deep into generative AI with Álvaro Sáez , creator of an AI tool Current Anima that transforms text prompts into 3D scenes. Álvaro explains how his technology works and what skills you need to have to build something like this and how difficult it is to build an AI startup in 2024.
Alvaro's AI tool that generates 3D scenes from text prompts.

The role of Unreal Engine in creating high-quality animations.

The oversaturation of the AI market with fake solutions.

Competing with AI giants like OpenAI.

AI as a tool for enhancing, not replacing, creativity.
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Show Notes:
Our guest, Álvaro Sáez
His company HechicerIA
Few example of Current Anima's outputs:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IApac2mFmNw
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuKuzQlrgBs
Podcast editing: ⁠Mila Jones⁠, [email protected]
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50min
September 08, 2024#45: State of the Cloud Report, Cloud Waste, FinOps and Multi-Cloud
Cloud Cost Management has kind of taken over as the top concern for organizations. Pablo, Leo and Kirill come together to analyze the numbers from the Flexera State of the Cloud Report in episode 45 of DevOps Accents.
27% of Cloud waste, is that a lot?

What is FinOps and what is its role?

What are the reasons for the overspent increase?

Are multi-cloud organizations on the rise?

Disaster recovery.

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Show Notes:
2024 State of the Cloud Report

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46min

FAQs about DevOps Accents:

How many episodes does DevOps Accents have?

The podcast currently has 64 episodes available.