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The Code Review That Cost $2 Million, CodeGood

New data shows only15% of code review comments catch real bugs. The rest? Nitpicks on style, naming, or formatting - stuff linters and AI were made to handle. Human reviews burn through$3.6M a yearin larger orgs and still miss the tough stuff: threading issues, system integration bugs, rare edge cas.. read more  

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Distinguishing yourself early in your career as a developer

A seasoned dev maps the job market into three tiers:local/public companies,VC-backed/startups, andBig Tech/finance. Each step up brings more money, more competition, and a steeper climb. Category 3(Big Tech/finance): Highest salaries. Broadest interview access. Brutal prep required. Category 2(start.. read more  

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BadPods Series: Everything Allowed on AWS EKS

A security researcher ran a full-blown container escape on EKS usingBadPods- a tool that spins up dangerously overprivileged pods. The pod broke out of its container, poked around the host node, moved laterally, and swiped AWS IAM creds. All of it slipped past EKS’s defaultPod Security Admission (PS.. read more  

BadPods Series: Everything Allowed on AWS EKS
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Streamline your containerized CI/CD with GitLab Runners and Amazon EKS Auto Mode

GitLab Runners now work withAmazon EKS Auto Mode. That means hands-off infra, smarter scaling, and built-in AWS security. Runners spin up onEC2 Spot Instances, so teams can cut CI/CD compute costs by as much as90%- without hacking together flaky pipelines... read more  

Streamline your containerized CI/CD with GitLab Runners and Amazon EKS Auto Mode
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Implementing assurance pipeline for Amazon EKS Platform

AWS released a full-stack CI/CD validation pipeline forAmazon EKS. It pulls in six layers of testing,Terraform,Helm,Locustload testing, and evenAWS Fault Injectionfor pushing resilience to the edge. The goal: bake policy checks, functional tests, and brutal load tests right into pre-deployment. Fewe.. read more  

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From Deterministic to Agentic: Creating Durable AI Workflows with Dapr

Dapr droppedDurable Agents- a mashup of classic workflows and LLM-driven agents that can actually get things done and survive rough edges. They track reasoning steps, tool calls, and chat states like a champ. If things crash, no problem: Dapr Workflows and Diagrid Catalyst bring it all back... read more  

From Deterministic to Agentic: Creating Durable AI Workflows with Dapr
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Kubernetes GPU Management Just Got a Major Upgrade

Kubernetes 1.34 droppedDynamic Resource Allocation (DRA)- think persistent volumes, but for GPUs and custom hardware. Vendors can now plug in drivers and schedulers for their devices, and workloads can pick exactly what they need. Coming in 1.35: a newworkload abstractionthat speaks the language of .. read more  

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v1.35: Watch Based Route Reconciliation in the Cloud Controller Manager

Kubernetes v1.35 sneaks in an alphafeature gatethat flips the CCM route controller from "check every X minutes" to "watch and react." It now usesinformersto trigger syncs when nodes change - plus a light periodic check every 12–24 hours... read more  

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1.35: Enhanced Debugging with Versioned z-pages APIs

Kubernetes 1.35 makes a quiet-but-crucial upgrade: z-pages debugging endpoints now returnstructured, machine-readable JSON. That means tools- not just tired humans - can parse control plane state directly. The responses areversioned, backward-compatible, and tucked behind feature flags for now... read more  

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v1.35: New level of efficiency with in-place Pod restart

Kubernetes 1.35, as you may know, introducedin-place Pod restarts(alpha). It's a real reset: all containers, init and sidecars included - without killing the Pod or kicking off a reschedule. Think restart without the cloud drama. Big win for workloads with heavy inter-container dependencies or massi.. read more  

DevOpsDayLA is Southern California's premier conference focused on the human side of technology delivery. For 15 years, we've brought together SoCal practitioners who understand that great software isn't just about tools, it's about people working together effectively.

The 2026 Lens: DevOps in an AI World: You're working in a world where AI is everywhere, embedded in your tools, requested by your management, and reshaping how teams deliver software. Whether you're embracing these changes or navigating the challenges they create, your experience matters.

We're looking for stories about how you and your organizations are adapting your mindsets, processes, and team dynamics in this rapidly evolving landscape. How did your team integrate AI into existing workflows? What changed about collaboration when AI entered the picture? Where do humans remain critical in automated processes? How do you build the next generation of engineers when entry-level work is automated? What are the real implementation challenges you're facing in Southern California's entertainment, gaming, aerospace, retail, healthcare, and manufacturing companies?

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