The Verdict — Vladimir Mikhalev

Technology Podcasts

Container security, AI governance, and platform engineering, tested in production and argued without the hype. Every episode is a full essay from heyvaldemar.com, narrated by Docker Captain Vladimir Mikhalev in his own voice.

Episodes

Terraform MCP server GA: the Apply Gate your auditor will ask about

Your Knowledge Is a Depreciating Asset. Judgment Compounds.

The Senior Engineer Signal: The 2026 Risk Your Velocity Metrics Hide

Agent Sprawl: The 2026 Engineering Risk Your Auditor Hasn't Named Yet

Docker supply chain hardening — from Scout D to OpenSSF 7.8 on a 730K-pull image

Cloudflare Web Analytics on Astro — Why Removing GA4 Unlocked Lighthouse 100

The Intake Gate Your CISO Is Missing — 300 Million AI Chat Messages Were Public by Default

I Tested an AI Agent on My Live Systems. Here Is the Blast Radius Assessment Every Engineer Is Skipping.

Amazon Project Dawn Cut 30,000 Jobs — Including the Head of AWS Community Builders. Here's What It Means.

Infosys Deploys Devin AI Globally — And Your DevOps Career Just Became Legacy Labor

The End of the Executor — Why Computer Vision Engineers Are Becoming Optional

AI Didn't Fix Productivity. Measurement Did.

Platform Engineering — The Complete, Practical Guide to Building Internal Developer Platforms That Scale

Docker MCP — Turn GPT into a Real DevOps Assistant (Slack, GitHub, Stripe)

GitOps on AWS — Real-World DevOps Pipeline with Argo CD, Terraform & EKS

Why AI Fails Without DevOps — What No One Tells You

The AI Era — From Technology to Global Domination