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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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Spring News Roundup: Second Milestone Releases of Boot, Security, Auth Server, Session, Integration
There was a flurry of activity in the Spring ecosystem during the week of August 18th, 2025, highlighting second milestone releases of Spring Boot, Spring Security, Spring Authorization Server, Spring for GraphQL, Spring Session, Spring Integration, Spring REST Docs, Spring Batch and Spring for Apache Pulsar.
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AWS Budgets Improves Cross-Account Cost Visibility
AWS Budgets has enhanced its Billing View, allowing organizations to manage cross-account cloud costs more securely and efficiently. Users can create custom budgets without management account access, streamlining oversight and aligning financial planning with operational needs.
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AWS CCAPI MCP Server: Natural Language Infra
AWS introduces the Cloud Control API (CCAPI) MCP Server, revolutionizing infrastructure management by enabling natural language commands for resource management. This tool boosts developer productivity with automated security checks, IaC template generation, and cost estimation, bridging the gap between intent and cloud deployment. Embrace simplicity and efficiency in cloud operations!
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JDK 25 and JDK 26: What We Know So Far
JDK 25, the next Long-Term Support (LTS) release since JDK 21, has reached its second release candidate with a final set of 18 new features, in the form of JEPs, that can be separated into four categories: Core Java Library, Java Language Specification, Security Library and HotSpot. We examine JDK 25 and predict what features have, or could be, targeted for JDK 26.
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OpenAI's GPT-5 Now Generally Available on Microsoft Azure AI Foundry
Microsoft and OpenAI launched GPT-5 on the Azure AI Foundry, revolutionizing enterprise AI with its advanced reasoning and task-specific model orchestration. This suite enhances applications like Microsoft 365 Copilot and GitHub Copilot, enabling seamless interactions and high-quality outputs tailored for real-world scenarios. GPT-5 empowers organizations to drive AI transformation efficiently.
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Supply Chain Security: Provenance Tools Becoming Standard in Developer Platforms
Software provenance is gaining new importance as organizations look for ways to secure their supply chains against tampering and comply with emerging standards like SLSA.
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Beyond Vibe Coding: Amazon Introduces Kiro, the Spec-Driven Agentic AI IDE
Amazon recently released Kiro, a new VS Code fork aimed at taking developers beyond vibe coding and remedying some of its downsides. Kiro directly supports spec-driven development. Developers describe their requirements in natural language. Kiro outputs user stories with their acceptance criteria, a technical design document, and a list of coding tasks implementing the requirements.
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Oracle Brings Database Services Directly to AWS Cloud
AWS recently announced the general availability of Oracle Database@AWS, a new option for Oracle Exadata workloads, including Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC), within AWS. This new option allows enterprises to migrate Oracle Exadata workloads to dedicated infrastructure on AWS, simplifying cloud migration and unifying data across platforms.
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Unsloth Tutorials Aim to Make it Easier to Compare and Fine-tune LLMs
In a recent Reddit post, Unsloth published comprehensive tutorials of all of the open models they support. The tutorials can be used to compare the models’ strengths and weaknesses, as well as their performance benchmarks.
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Microsoft Launches Azure App Testing: a Unified Hub for Load and End-to-End Testing
Introducing Azure App Testing: a unified hub combining Azure Load Testing and Microsoft Playwright for streamlined, efficient application testing. With AI-powered tools for accelerated performance insights and seamless scaling, users can simulate real-world traffic across multiple regions. Optimize your testing experience and ensure top-notch app performance with Azure's innovative solutions.
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Netflix Revamps Tudum’s CQRS Architecture with RAW Hollow In-Memory Object Store
Netflix replaced a CQRS implementation using Kafka and Cassandra with a new solution leveraging RAW Hollow, an in-memory object store developed internally. Revamped architecture of Tudum offers much faster content preview during the editorial process and faster page rendering for visitors.
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HashiCorp Introduces MCP Servers for Terraform and Vault
HashiCorp introduces experimental MCP servers for Terraform, Vault, and Vault Radar, enabling seamless AI integration into infrastructure, security, and risk workflows. These open-standard servers connect LLMs with automated systems, ensuring secure, auditable operations. Explore their potential through open-source access and gain insights while maintaining strict security protocols.
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AWS Simplifies Multi-Region Failover with ARC Region Switch
AWS's Amazon Application Recovery Controller Region Switch revolutionizes multi-region failover with a fully-managed, centralized solution. Simplifying disaster recovery, it automates and coordinates essential tasks across AWS services. With proactive validation and a global dashboard, it transforms complex processes into confident, push-button drills, enhancing reliability and cost efficiency.