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  • Pulumi IDP Launches a Golden Path to Self-Service Cloud Infrastructure

    Pulumi Corporation has launched Pulumi IDP, an innovative internal developer platform that enhances cloud infrastructure delivery. This infrastructure-first solution offers flexible, secure workflows, empowering platform engineers with no-code, low-code, and full-code options.

  • Google Cloud Enhances AI/ML Workflows with Hierarchical Namespace in Cloud Storage

    On March 17, 2025, Google Cloud introduced a hierarchical namespace (HNS) feature in Cloud Storage, aiming to optimize AI and machine learning (ML) workloads by improving data organization, performance, and reliability.​

  • Neon Serverless Postgres Now Generally Available as an Azure Native Integration

    Microsoft and Neon launch Neon Serverless Postgres, now generally available as a native Azure integration, offering developers an innovative, scalable, and cost-effective database solution. With automatic scaling, instant provisioning, and seamless integration, it's designed for enterprises and AI startups alike, enhancing workflows and enabling efficient database management within Azure.

  • Temporal on AWS Aims to Ease Building Resilient Distributed Systems

    Temporal Technologies, the company that created Temporal, an open-source microservices orchestration platform focused on durable execution, has made Temporal Cloud available on the AWS marketplace. By offering their services via AWS, the company aims to simplify the development of resilient distributed systems for large-scale applications.

  • Microsoft Pledges Deeper European Tech Ties amidst Sovereignty Debate

    Microsoft's five digital commitments aim to bolster Europe's tech landscape and sovereignty through a 40% cloud and AI infrastructure expansion, enhanced cybersecurity, and a robust data privacy framework. By establishing a "European cloud for Europe," Microsoft reinforces its dedication to digital resilience while fostering economic competitiveness and supporting the open-source community.

  • Uber’s Journey to Ray on Kubernetes

    ​Uber has detailed a recent transition to running Ray-based machine learning workloads on Kubernetes. This marks an evolution in its infrastructure, with the aim of enhancing scalability, efficiency, and developer experience. The company recently published a two-part series from Uber Engineering delving into the motivations, challenges, and solutions encountered during this migration.​

  • Pulumi Announces Improved Components Feature to Simplify Infrastructure as Code

    Pulumi, the open-source infrastructure as code platform, has announced significant improvements to its Components feature, designed to simplify how developers build, share, and consume infrastructure code. The enhancements focus on reducing boilerplate, improving developer experience, and enabling greater reuse of infrastructure patterns.

  • How Slack Optimizes Its E2E Pipeline

    Slack's Developer Experience (DevXP) team recently implemented significant optimizations to their end-to-end (E2E) testing pipeline, resulting in a 60% reduction in frontend build frequency and a 50% decrease in overall build time. These enhancements, the team claims, streamline the continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) process, allowing engineers to iterate more rapidly and efficiently.

  • Akka Launches New Deployment Options for Agentic AI

    Akka has unveiled new deployment options to enhance flexibility for developers building resilient, distributed AI systems. Now offering self-managed nodes and self-hosted regions, Akka empowers enterprises to deploy across various infrastructures. This innovation positions Akka as a leader in agentic AI development, enabling scalable, stateful applications that adapt to rapidly changing demands.

  • From Architecture to Deployment: How AI-Powered Toolkits Are Unifying Developer Workflows

    Developer tooling is undergoing a shift as AI moves beyond code completion to unify multiple stages of the software development workflow.

  • Google Unveils Ironwood TPU for AI Inference

    Google's Ironwood TPU, its most advanced custom AI accelerator, powers the "age of inference" with unmatched performance and scalability. With up to 9,216 liquid-cooled chips, it outpaces competitors, delivering 42.5 Exaflops. Engineered for high-efficiency, low-latency AI tasks, Ironwood redefines potential in AI hardware, leveraging AlphaChip to revolutionize chip design.

  • Announcing Styrolite, a Low Level Container Runtime

    Styrolite is an open-source, low-level container runtime to address security and usability issues in Linux containerization. Developed by Edera, Styrolite differentiates itself by offering a programmatic API that enables developers to create and manage containers in a controlled and secure manner.

  • Overcoming Challenges with eBPF Flow IP Address Misattribution at Netflix

    Recently, Netflix discussed how they utilize eBPF to accurately attribute flow IP addresses to their corresponding workload identities. After implementing this new attribution method, Netflix verified the flow logs of their cloud gateway - Zuul, and found no misattribution over a two-week window.

  • Google Cloud WAN Aims to Transform Enterprise Networking

    Google has launched Cloud WAN, a robust managed WAN solution built on its global network, featuring 202 PoPs and 2M miles of fiber. It promises secure, high-performance connectivity at lower costs, addressing the complexities of modern enterprise needs. With faster speeds and significant TCO savings, Cloud WAN integrates seamlessly with existing providers.

  • Kubernetes 1.33 “Octarine” Released: Native Sidecars and In-Place Pod Resizing

    Kubernetes v1.33, codenamed “Octarine” in homage to Terry Pratchett’s Discworld, was released on April 23, 2025. This milestone introduces 64 enhancements (18 stable, 20 beta, and 24 alpha) reflecting the project's ongoing commitment to scalability, security, and developer experience.

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