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InfoQ Dev Summit Munich 2025: Master the 'How' with Deep-Dive, Practitioner-Led Guidance
At InfoQ Dev Summit Munich (Oct 15-16), learn directly from the senior engineers building complex systems. This practitioner-led conference offers deep dives on real-world implementation patterns from software leaders at Allianz, Skyscanner, Zalando, and Delivery Hero.
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Amazon EKS Enables Ultra-Scale AI/ML Workloads with Support for 100K Nodes per Cluster
Amazon Web Services has announced a significant breakthrough in container orchestration with Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) now supporting clusters with up to 100,000 nodes, a 10x increase from previous limits.
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Advanced Autoscaling Helps Companies Reduce AWS Costs by 70%
The next generation of Kubernetes autoscaling techniques and tools is enabling organisations to make substantial cost savings in their cloud infrastructure. Svetlana Burninova recently used Karpenter to build a multi-architecture EKS cluster and managed a 70% reduction in cost whilst also improving performance.
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GitLab Unveils Duo Agent Platform in Public Beta, Introducing Agent-Orchestrated DevSecOps
GitLab has launched the public beta of its GitLab Duo Agent Platform, an orchestration tool that enables developers to collaborate asynchronously with AI agents across the DevSecOps lifecycle.
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Airbnb Executes Istio Upgrades at Massive Scale
Airbnb engineering has published a detailed account of how it maintains high availability during Istio upgrades across tens of thousands of pods and thousands of VMs, all without downtime.
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AWS Launches Memory-Optimized EC2 R8i and R8i-flex Instances with Custom Intel Xeon 6 Processors
AWS has launched its eighth-generation Amazon EC2 R8i and R8i-flex instances, powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors. Designed for memory-intensive workloads, these instances offer up to 15% better price performance and enhanced memory throughput, making them ideal for real-time data processing and AI applications.
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CNCF Incubates OpenYurt for Kubernetes at the Edge
OpenYurt, a project incubated by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), extends Kubernetes to edge computing, enhancing performance in locations like IoT sites and branch offices. With a growing community and support from industry leaders, OpenYurt focuses on efficient cluster management while maintaining Kubernetes compatibility, ensuring lower latency and improved reliability.
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Crossplane Tackles Applications alongside Cloud Infrastructure with v2.0 Release
The Crossplane open-source project has announced the release of version 2.0, an upgrade that moves the project from managing only cloud infrastructure to more comprehensive application and infrastructure orchestration. Some architectural changes have also been made to simplify platform engineering workflows and expand the project's original scope.
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Argo CD v3.1 Introduces OCI Support and Enhanced UI Capabilities
The Argo Project has announced the release of Argo CD v3.1, marking the first major feature update since the foundational v3.0 release. This version introduces OCI registry support, CLI plugins, enhanced Hydrator functionality, and improved user interface capabilities, positioning the GitOps tool for broader enterprise adoption
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AWS Lambda Response Streaming Increases Payload Limit to 200 MB
AWS has revolutionized Lambda with an increased response streaming payload limit from 20 MB to 200 MB. This enhancement allows developers to stream larger data sets, improving Time to First Byte performance. By simplifying response handling and eliminating complex workarounds, AWS empowers developers to deliver rich content seamlessly, transforming serverless applications.
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Cloudflare Rearchitects Workers KV Following GCP Outage, Achieves 40x Performance Gain
Cloudflare has recently redesigned Workers KV with a hybrid storage architecture that automatically routes objects between distributed databases and object storage based on size characteristics, while operating dual storage backends. This change improved the p99 read latencies from 200ms to under 5ms for their global key-value store while handling hundreds of billions of key-value pairs.
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Google Cloud Unveils New Data Security Posture Management Offering in Preview
Google Cloud unveils its new Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) offering, enhancing data governance, privacy, and compliance. This innovative solution provides visibility into sensitive data, helping organizations identify risks and enforce controls. With advanced features integrated into the Security Command Center, it addresses the evolving challenges of cloud data security.
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Google Veles is a New Open-Source Secret Scanner Powering GCP
Google Veles is a newly released open-source secret scanner, launched as part of Google's broader OSV-SCALIBR (Software Composition Analysis LIBRary) ecosystem. Veles integrates seamlessly with other OSV-SCALIBR tools and also powers secret scanning in Google Cloud, while remaining available as a standalone module.
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Docker Content Trust Retired as Alternatives Flourish
With usage of Docker Content Trust (DCT) declining, and other similar offerings superseding its functionality and ease-of-use, Docker has announced the retirement of Docker Content Trust (DCT). Docker is recommending that organisations using DCT should move to alternatives such as Sigstore or Notation.
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KubriX Launches as "Out of the Box" Internal Developer Platform
A new open-source platform named Kubrix has been launched into the developer community. It claims to create a fully functional Internal Developer Platform (IDP) without extensive custom development. The platform integrates established tools such as Argo CD, Kargo, Backstage, and Keycloak into what its creators describe as a ready-to-use solution for teams seeking to implement a modern IDP.