AI, DevOps, and Kubernetes: Kelsey Hightower on What’s Next
112K views · Dec 11, 2025 · Science & Technology
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@JetBrainsTV · 9 months ago · pinned
🎁Giveaway<br>If you have ideas about the future of DevOps, share them in the comments below! We’ll randomly select one participant to win either a JetBrains merch store coupon or a free one-year GoLand subscription.
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@kelsey.hightower · 9 months ago
It's rare that I get to reflect back on my entire tech career and my philosophy towards work and life, but this interview captures it perfectly. One of the few recordings of myself I've watched end to end.
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@speeench · 9 months ago
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdUbTyvrfKo&t=2961">49:21</a> "When people wear a title, they forget to evolve."<br><br> Mind blown!
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@func_ff · 9 months ago
Senior engineer but junior human… love that 🔥
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@norbell · 9 months ago
Kelsey, the way you speak and articulate your thoughts is truly unique. It's been a long time since I've seen anyone who can articulate their thoughts and ideas so clearly. I also agree with everything you say. A truly inspiring interview. To everyone involved, thank you very much!
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@randomuserrandom8613 · 9 months ago
This fixed my attention span
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@andrewacheampong · 9 months ago
wow there hasnt been a Kelsey Hightower interview in years. Finally
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@aaronseet2738 · 1 month ago
This fellow is not just wise in tech, he's wise in life.
@willwatson4134 · 9 months ago
Wow! Blown away by Kelsey's clarity on these topics. I'm a Cloud Computing/CS student, and this single talk has been so helpful in packaging together so many of the topics that I've been grappling with. Can't wait to jump into DevOps/Infra!
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@00w4gap00 · 9 months ago
Have been listening to Kelsy since the early CoreOS days. He's been the most significant voice of reason in DevOps and Cloud tech the whole time.
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@ghangj · 9 months ago
This is the best interview i have heard all year. It speaks to me as someone in the tech field. Thanks for the insights and honesty Mr HIghtower.
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@kenc.9686 · 9 months ago
I am so glad Kelsey brought up how many docs people write for LLMs and never wrote for regular humans <3 It's absolutely insane to see so many people describing to an AI how their system works but they never bothered trying to do that with anyone else on their team. It's insane!
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