Airbnb runs distributed databases across multiple Kubernetes clusters - each tied to its own AWS Availability Zone. That setup isolates failures down to individual pods and keeps the whole system highly available. They built a custom Kubernetes operator and leaned on EBS volumes with PVCs to smooth ..

OneUptime ditched the cloud bill and rolled their own dual-site setup. Thinkbare metal, orchestrated withMicroK8s, booted byTinkerbell, patched together withCeph,Flux, andTerraform. Result?99.993% uptimeand$1.2M/year saved—76% cheaper than even well-optimized AWS. They run it all with just~14 engine..

Azure Developer CLI v1.20.0 leveled up Container Apps. Build and push are now split from deploy, so you can finally "build once, deploy everywhere" and mean it. It adds layered infrastructure support, lets you share anAzure Container Registryacross environments, and handles resource dependency seque..

Tools likeOPA Gatekeeper,Kyverno, and custom webhooks slam the brakes on sketchy workloadsbeforethey ever spin up. These controllers aren’t just gatekeepers - they’re enforcers. They check pod configs, block unverified images, and apply live, scoped policies like tenant-awarenetwork isolationandreso..

Spotify just gave its internal Fleet Management tooling a serious brain upgrade. They've wired inAI coding agentsthat now handle source-to-source transformations across repos - automatically. So far? Over 1,500 AI-generated PRs pushed. Not just lint fixes - these include heavy-duty migrations. They'..

Building LLM agents - essentially looping stateless models through tools - looks simple. Until it isn't. Peel back the layers, and you hit real architectural puzzles:context engineering, agent loops, sub-agent choreography, execution constraints...

AI's reshaping jobs - but not evenly. Some industries will feel the squeeze faster than others. It all comes down to a race: productivity vs. demand. History's playbook? Think textiles, steel, autos. Automation boosted output. Jobs stuck around - as long as demand kept growing. Once markets topped o..

AI has revolutionized technical interviews, blurring the line between genuine skill and cheating with perfect solutions and polished answers. In response, companies are shifting back to in-person interviews for real-time cognitive transparency, authenticity constraints, realistic collaboration signa..

Claude Code isn't just generating responses anymore - it's gearing up to run projects. The new direction turns it into a programmable, auditable agent runtime. Think custom hooks, restart logic, planning workflows, GitHub Actions, and subagent delegation tricks like the “Master-Clone” pattern. At th..