Google Cloud has released a new open-source tool that visualises cluster logs chronologically to simplify troubleshooting in Kubernetes environments. Kubernetes History Inspector (KHI) is intended to help administrators to debug problems inside Kubernetes clusters and identify root causes. According to Kakeru Ishii and Takeie Torinomi in the launch blog post for KHI, putting together a … Read more
GitLab has released version 17.10, packed with innovative features that strengthen its position as a comprehensive DevOps platform. The update includes over 120 improvements, focusing on AI-powered capabilities and workflow enhancements to boost developer productivity. AI-Driven Development Takes Center Stage The headline feature is Duo Code Review, now available in beta. This AI-powered tool represents … Read more
Microsoft recently announced several new updates to its iSCSI-based Azure Elastic SAN, a fully managed and cloud-native storage area network (SAN) offering. Since the general availability (GA) release of Azure Elastic SAN in early 2024, the company has introduced various new capabilities, such as a public preview of auto scale for capacity, the general availability … Read more
Docker has announced the general availability of Docker Bake, a build orchestration tool designed to simplify complex Docker image builds. The Bake functionality has been in an experimental phase for several years, and it aims to address common challenges in managing Docker build configurations by declaratively defining build stages and deployment environments. Docker Bake is … Read more
AI security hacker Johann Rehberger described a prompt injection attack against Google Gemini able to modify its long-term memories using a technique he calls delayed tool invocation. The researcher described the attack as a sort of social engineering/phishing attack triggered by the user interacting with a malicious document. LLMs are usually able to defend themselves … Read more
Dropbox, a file sharing cloud platform recently discussed their Messaging System Model (MSM) that supports diverse use cases and handles over 30 million tasks per minute. Dmitry Kopytkov and Deepak Gupta, Software Engineers at Dropbox summarised this journey in a blog post. By 2021, Dropbox’s asynchronous systems had become fragmented, tailored to specific product needs … Read more
Slack recently integrated automated accessibility testing into its software development lifecycle to improve user experience for individuals with disabilities. Natalie Stormann, Software Engineer at Slack, detailed the journey in Slack’s engineering blog, communicating the company’s ongoing adherence to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). Slack has internal standards and the company further collaborates with external accessibility … Read more
The Canva engineering team recently published their post-mortem on the outage they experienced last November, detailing the API Gateway failure and the lessons learned during the incident. Brendan Humphreys, Canva’s CTO, acknowledges: On November 12, 2024, Canva experienced a critical outage that affected the availability of canva.com. From 9:08 AM UTC to approximately 10:00 … Read more
Uplevel has launched a consulting service to help organizations modernize their software engineering development practices. Leveraging the metric collected via the existing Uplevel Engineering Intelligence Platform, the Uplevel Method service provides access to process reengineering expertise that will help organizations significantly improve the productivity of their software engineering teams. Uplevel CEO Joe Levy said that … Read more
Microsoft Research unveiled AIOpsLab, an open-source framework designed to advance the development and evaluation of AI agents for cloud operations. The tool provides a standardized and scalable platform to address challenges in fault diagnosis, incident mitigation, and system reliability within complex cloud environments. As microservices and serverless architectures become standard in enterprise IT, their complexity … Read more