GitOps ditches hand-rolled deployment scripts for a cleaner, declarative model. Git becomes the truth. Agents likeArgo CDorFlux CDwatch for changes and sync your clusters on their own. It’s not just about pushing YAML. Good GitOps setups lean onKustomizefor modular config, wire inautomated image up..

Indexed viewsare apowerfulyet underutilized feature in SQL Server for optimizing complex query performance, with potential for significant performance gains in read-heavy applications. Automatic query substitution is a game-changer when it comes to leveragingindexed viewsfor performance optimization..

A developer walks through building acustom GNU Guix system serviceforkmonad—yes, the keyboard remapper—by wiring up a newservice-typethat plugs intoShepherdandaccount-service-type. To get there, they lift patterns from services likewesnothd, usemake-forkexec-constructorto spin up the daemon, and de..

Truffle Security dropped a sharp new open-source tool that digs through GitHub’s public commit history looking forzero-commit force pushes—a tactic devs use to erase mistakes, usually secrets. Problem is, they don’t go quietly. By tapping into historical GitHub PushEvents via GH Archive, the tool h..

A dev swapped outtmuxfor a slick combo:Zellij,SSH multiplexing, andsystemdsocket daemons. No more virtual splits. Just clean session persistence and tight remote control. This setup brings scrollback back where it belongs—your terminal’s native buffer. It plays nice with extras like theKitty graphi..

This Azure lab wires upTerraformwithAzure Pipelines CI/CDto spin up infrastructure and deploy a .NET Core app using IaC. It handles remote state with Azure Storage, automatesplanandapplyin pipelines, and swaps in config values via token replacement during deploy...

AWS wants long-term IAM access keys gone. In their place:temporary creds via IAM roles,IAM Identity Center,CloudShell, andOIDC integrations. The push covers everything—CLI tools, local dev, compute, CI/CD, even old-school on-prem. The message is clear: rotate automatically, grant minimally, and sto..

Azure DevOps made it easier to link up with GitHub—no more re-installing the Azure Pipelines GitHub App to kick things off. Teams can spin up aGitHub App–based service connectiondirectly from a dummy pipeline setup. The service connection comes GitHub App–authenticated out of the gate. Super handy ..

Microsoft’s moving the cheese again—this time steering Windows deep into the cloud. The old on-prem management playbook? Getting dusty. At the core:Intune, pushingZero Trustlike it means it. Identity-based access, always-on compliance, real-time config—no more trusting the device just because it’s ..

A recent Cloudflare DNS outage traced back to legacy gear tangled with global config changes. Turns out, incomplete migrations can still pack a punch. Their newer topology system does support progressive rollouts—but running it side-by-side with the old one just made the blast radius bigger. System..