DevOps Round-Up

A Collection of Top DevOps News, Articles, and Presentations July 2024 [InfoQ] DevOps Round-Up Sponsored by [Akamai] [Latest Content](#latest-content), [Top Viewed Content](#top-viewed-content), [Top News](#news), [Top Articles](#top-articles), [Top Presentations](#top-presentations-and-interviews) In this special newsletter we bring you up to date on all the new content and news related to DevOps on InfoQ. We are also maintaining a portal page for this content on InfoQ at: [(. [] Latest Content on InfoQ [Elevating Kubernetes Logging for Enhanced Observability]( (articles, Jun 13, 2024) [Apache Skywalking v10: Application Performance Monitoring Tool for Distributed Systems]( (news, Jun 12, 2024) [The Impact of Cloudflare's Sudden Service Change at an Online Casino]( (news, Jun 12, 2024) [Docker Desktop 4.31 Brings Air-Gapped Containers, Faster Builds, and More]( (news, Jun 14, 2024) [Elastic Automates SIEM Investigations with Tines]( (news, Jun 14, 2024) [[eBook] Cloud Portability: Building a Cloud-Native Architecture]( This eBook explores cloud-native development using microservices, containers, and other architecture decisions that allow for development with portably open standard tools. [Download now](. Sponsored content [[eBook] Cloud Portability: Building a Cloud-Native Architecture - Sponsored by Akamai]( [] Top Viewed Content on InfoQ [Uber Migrates 1 Trillion Records from DynamoDB to LedgerStore to Save $6 Million Annually]( (news, May 19, 2024) [Amazon S3 Unauthorized Request Billing Issue: an Empty S3 Bucket Can Dramatically Increase the Costs]( (news, May 04, 2024) [Kubernetes without YAML]( (presentations, Jun 19, 2024) [Open-Source APM and Observability Tool Coroot Now GA]( (news, May 04, 2024) [Terraform 1.8 Adds Provider-Defined Functions, Improves AWS, GCP, and Kubernetes Providers]( (news, May 02, 2024) [] Top News [AWS Introduces Amazon CloudWatch Internet Weather Map]( AWS recently announced the availability of the Internet Weather Map, a new feature of CloudWatch that displays a 24-hour global snapshot of internet latency and availability outages. This new map offers a worldwide perspective on Internet conditions, allowing users to zoom in and analyze performance and availability problems in specific cities or with particular service providers. [Kubernetes Gateway API v1.1 Released: New Standard Features and Experimental Enhancements]( The Kubernetes SIG Network announced the the version 1.1 of Gateway API. This update sees several key features moving to the Standard Channel (GA), including support for service mesh and GRPCRoute. Additionally, new experimental features such as session persistence and client certificate verification have been introduced. [Cloudflare AI Gateway Now Generally Available]( Cloudflare has recently announced that AI Gateway is now generally available. Described as a unified interface for managing and scaling generative AI workloads, AI Gateway allows developers to gain visibility and control over AI applications. [[eBook] Portability in the Cloud: Best Practices for Building SaaS-Based Applications]( Adopting a portable, cloud native architecture enhances scalability, availability and innovation capabilities. Download this eBook to discover best practices for designing, implementing, and maintaining microservices using domain-driven design, automated testing and deployment, & securing services. [Download now](. Sponsored content [[eBook] Portability in the Cloud: Best Practices for Building SaaS-Based Applications - Sponsored by Akamai]( [UniSuper’s Entire Infrastructure Deleted by Internal Google Cloud Error]( An Australian superannuation fund manager, UniSuper, using Google Cloud for an Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) contract, found it had no disaster recovery (DR) recourse when the entire infrastructure subscription was deleted. [Ahrefs Joins Others in Suggesting That On-Premises Hosting Can Be More Cost Effective than Cloud]( A recent article claims that Ahrefs, an SEO software suite company, was able to prevent $400 million in expenditures over three years by not leveraging cloud resources. Similarly, 37Signals, the makers of Basecamp, has begun a cloud exodus with the stated goal of saving seven million dollars in infrastructure costs over five years. [] Top Articles [Optimizing Spring Boot Config Management with ConfigMaps: Environment Variables or Volume Mounts]( Spring Boot is a framework for its agility and workflow. Yet, configuration is a factor for deployment and maintenance. ConfigMaps provides configuration strategies for Spring Boot applications. [article]( [Unraveling the Enigma: Debunking Myths Surrounding Lambda Cold Starts]( This insightful InfoQ article dispels the common myths surrounding Lambda Cold Starts, a widely discussed topic in the serverless computing community. [article]( [Zero to Performance Hero: How to Benchmark and Profile Your eBPF Code in Rust]( In this article, we will walk through creating a basic eBPF program in Rust. This simple and approachable eBPF program will intentionally include a performance regression. [article]( [Delivering Software Securely: Techniques for Building a Resilient and Secure Code Pipeline]( Your CI/CD pipeline can potentially expose sensitive information. Project teams often overlook the importance of securing their pipelines. [article]( [[eBook] Understanding GitOps]( Download this eBook to learn what GitOps is and the core principles that support it, why it’s compatible with DevOps, and how it automates pipelines with IaC and Continuous Integration and Delivery. You'll also learn what a GitOps workflow looks like. [Download now](. Sponsored content [[eBook] Understanding GitOps - Sponsored by Akamai]( [] Top Presentations [Optimizing JVM for the Cloud: Strategies for Success]( Tobi Ajila discusses the challenges and innovations in JVM performance for cloud deployments, highlighting the integration of these JVM features with container technologies. [Tobi Ajila]( [Building a Rack-Scale Computer with P4 at the Core: Challenges, Solutions, and Practices in Engineering Systems on Programmable Network Processors]( Ryan Goodfellow discusses lessons learned and open source tooling developed while delivering a product on top of the Tofino 2 switch processor. [Ryan Goodfellow]( [Global Capacity Management through Strategic Demand Allocation]( Ranjith Kumar discusses abstractions and guarantees, the design and implementation for managing workloads across 10s of regions, categorizing & modeling, and achieving global capacity management. 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