Stop wasting CI minutes: use concurrency to cancel redundant GitHub Actions runs
Continuous integration is most useful when it gives fast, relevant feedback. But when contributors push a flurry of commits or update a pull request repeatedly, GitHub Actions can queue many...
Serverless 101: Deploying your first AWS Lambda function
Serverless sounds magical: you write a little piece of code, point it at an event, and the cloud runs it for you. In reality, it’s simple plumbing with a tiny...
Declarative Model Rollouts: Applying GitOps to Progressive ML Deployments
Imagine releasing a new model version like dropping a single into a live mix: you don’t want the bass to blow out the speakers across the whole venue. Instead, you...
Edge computing 101: Lightweight Kubernetes and GitOps for deploying containers closer to users
Edge deployments demand a different mindset than cloud-first applications. You’re trading abundant, centralized resources for proximity to users: lower latency, reduced bandwidth charges, and richer local data processing — but...
Carbon-aware automation for Sustainable DevOps: shifting CI/CD and batch compute toward low-carbon windows
Cloud compute is both an enabler of modern software delivery and a growing source of electricity demand. Sustainable DevOps looks beyond billing metrics to consider when and where compute runs,...
Choosing Serverless (and Knowing When Not To)
Serverless has matured from a novelty into a mainstream backend pattern — but that doesn’t mean it’s the right choice for every service. Recent platform improvements (faster cold starts, database...
Platform engineering vs DevOps: what’s the real difference?
DevOps and platform engineering often get used like interchangeable playlists: people reach for one when they actually mean the other. Both are trying to solve the same problem—deliver software faster...
Containers at the edge: picking the right runtime when you push compute closer to users
Edge computing is like taking the music studio on the road — you want the parts that matter to the crowd to play where the crowd is. Deploying containers closer...