DevOps Round-Up

A Collection of Top DevOps News, Articles, and Presentations October 2024 [InfoQ] DevOps Round-Up Sponsored by [DoiT International] [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 [Intuit Engineering's Approach to Simplifying Kubernetes Management with AI]( (news, Sep 29, 2024) [AWS Launches Graviton4-Powered Memory-Optimized EC2 X8g Instances for High-Memory Workloads]( (news, Sep 25, 2024) [Terraform Google Provider 6.0: Automatic Labeling, Extended Naming Flexibility, and More]( (news, Sep 25, 2024) [Networking Cost Estimations and Analysis with Open-Source AWS Networking Cost Calculator]( (news, Sep 21, 2024) [Kubernetes v1.31 Released: Enhanced Security, Stability, and AI/ML Support]( (news, Sep 18, 2024) [Cloud Native DevOps with Kubernetes (By O'Reilly)]( Kubernetes is the OS of today’s cloud native world, offering a scalable platform for containerized workloads. This updated book guides you through the Kubernetes ecosystem, with practical solutions and step-by-step examples for your applications. [Download now](. Sponsored content [Cloud Native DevOps with Kubernetes (By O'Reilly) - Sponsored by DoiT International]( [] Top Viewed Content on InfoQ [AWS Graviton-Based EC2 Instance Hibernation: Cost Efficiency and Faster Operations]( (news, Aug 15, 2024) [Optimizing Continuous Deployment at Uber: Automating Microservices in Large Monorepos]( (news, Sep 07, 2024) [How to Minimize Latency and Cost in Distributed Systems]( (articles, Sep 25, 2024) [TikTok Releases Tool to Improve Monorepo Performance]( (news, Sep 04, 2024) [OpenTelemetry Adopts Continuous Profiling; Elastic Donates Their Agent]( (news, Aug 12, 2024) [] Top News [Cloudflare Introduces Automatic SSL/TLS to Secure and Simplify Origin Server Connectivity]( Cloudflare recently introduced new Automatic SSL/TLS settings to simplify the provider's encryption modes for communication with origin servers. This feature offers automatic configuration, ensuring security without risking site downtime. [Improving Distributed System Data Integrity with Amazon S3 Conditional Writes]( AWS recently announced support for conditional writing in Amazon S3, allowing users to check for the existence of an object before creating it. This feature helps prevent overwriting existing objects when uploading data, making it easier for applications to manage data. [Kubernetes Autoscaler Karpenter Reaches 1.0 Milestone]( Amazon Web Services (AWS) has released version 1.0 of Karpenter, an open-source Kubernetes cluster auto-scaling tool. This release marks Karpenter's graduation from beta status and introduces stable APIs and several new features. Karpenter, initially launched in November 2021, has evolved into a comprehensive Kubernetes-native node lifecycle manager. [Generative AI on AWS (By O'Reilly)]( With Generative AI on AWS, you'll learn the generative AI project life cycle including use case definition, model selection, model fine-tuning, retrieval-augmented generation, reinforcement learning from human feedback, and model quantization, optimization, and deployment. [Download now](. Sponsored content [Generative AI on AWS (By O'Reilly) - Sponsored by DoiT International]( [How Amazon Aurora Serverless Manages Resources and Scaling for Fleets of 10K+ Instances]( AWS engineers published a paper describing the evolution and latest design of resource management and scaling for the Amazon Aurora Serverless platform. Aurora Serverless uses a combination of components at different levels to create a holistic approach for dynamically scaling and adjusting resources to satisfy the needs of customer workloads. [Figma Moves from ECS to Kubernetes to Benefit from the CNCF Ecosystem and Reduce Costs]( Figma migrated its compute platform from AWS ECS to Kubernetes (EKS) in less than 12 months with minimal customer impact. The company decided to adopt Kubernetes to run its containerized workloads primarily to take advantage of the large ecosystem supported by the CNCF. Additionally, the move was dictated by pursuing cost savings, improved developer experience, and increased resiliency. [] Top Articles [Cloud Waste Management: How to Optimize Your Cloud Resources]( The 2024 "State of FinOps" survey results of the FinOps Foundation mentioned that organizations' top priorities have shifted to reducing cloud waste or unused resources. [article]( [Efficient DevSecOps Workflows with a Little Help from AI]( Michael Friedrich is exploring DevSecOps inefficiencies, highlighting issues like debugging delays. He also showcases AI's potential to streamline workflows efficiency. [article]( [Mastering Impact Analysis and Optimizing Change Release Processes]( The recent CrowdStrike outage highlights the need to uphold best practices in production changes and offers a chance to reevaluate processes for managing complex systems effectively. [article]( [Anatomy of an LLM]( Large language models (LLMs) like Claude, Cohere, and Llama2 have exploded in popularity recently. But what exactly are they and how can you leverage LLMs to build impactful AI applications? This article provides an in-depth look at LLMs and how to use them effectively on AWS. [Read now](. Sponsored content [Anatomy of an LLM - Sponsored by DoiT International]( [] Top Presentations [Building SaaS from Scratch Using Cloud-Native Patterns: a Deep Dive Into a Cloud Startup]( Joni Collinge presents the design and implementation of the Diagrid Cloud platform, covering design considerations, trade-offs and learnings, using Kubernetes, Dapr and Cloud-Native services. [Joni Collinge]( [Framework Defined Infrastructure (FdI) – an Evolution of Infrastructure as Code (IaC)]( Malte Ubl discusses the future of infrastructure management with Framework-defined Infrastructure (FdI), an evolution of the industry-standard Infrastructure as Code (IaC). [Malte Ubl]( [Rethinking Connectivity at the Edge: Scaling Fleets of Low-Powered Devices Using NATS.io]( Jeremy Saenz discusses NATS, an open-source project for services communication, and how to leverage NATS to streamline communication and fleet management for devices at the edge. [Jeremy Saenz]( [Automating Bare Metal to Improve Your Quality of Life]( Julia Kreger discusses the competing forces and some use cases where Bare Metal is vital, emerging trends that are pushing the boundaries of hardware today, and the importance of automation. 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