<p>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:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>What “decentralized internet” really means — protocols vs. reality</li><li>Why major outages (Cloudflare, AWS, DNS) expose hidden centralization</li><li>Single points of failure: clouds, CDNs, certificate authorities, and power grids</li><li>From infrastructure to geopolitics: how political borders affect the internet</li><li>Disaster recovery trade-offs: cost, downtime, and realistic expectations for teams</li><li>Practical advice: how much resilience is enough — and what not to blindly trust</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Check out <a href="https://mkdev.me⁠" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">our website</a> to learn more about the services mkdev offers for companies.</p><p>Subscribe to <a href="https://mkdev.me/dispatch⁠" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">our newsletter</a>.</p><p>Buy mkdev merchandise <a href="https://store.mkdev.me⁠" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">here</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>Show Notes</p><ul><li><a href="https://mkdev.me/posts/2025-year-in-review-67⁠" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">2025 Year In Review</a>, DA episode with additional discussion of this topic</li><li><a href="https://blog.cloudflare.com/18-november-2025-outage/⁠" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Cloudflare outage</a> on November 18, 2025</li><li><a href="https://blog.cloudflare.com/5-december-2025-outage/⁠" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Cloudflare outage</a> on December 5, 2025</li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>Podcast editing: </em><a href="https://www.instagram.com/red_sparks_production⁠" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><em>Mila Jones</em></a><em> / </em><a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><em>[email protected]</em></a><em></em></p>