A few weeks ago, we spoke at OpenSearchCon India about how we make search fast and reliable at scale at Blinkit. I’m Harshit , from the Search Engineering team at Blinkit, and this year we got to speak at OpenSearchCon India at the Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai. In this post, I’ll walk you through our talk, the conversations…
24 Jul
Buzz is an open source workspace where people and AI agents share channels, projects, workflows, search, and one signed event history.
Learn load testing with k6 by testing a web API under smoke, average, and spike traffic, adding checks, thresholds, scenarios, and CI.
Partnerships can keep open source sustainable
Stack OverflowRyan welcomes VoidZero’s Evan You and Cloudflare’s Dane Knecht back to the show to discuss Cloudflare’s recent acquisition of VoidZero and what it means for JavaScript development, how partnerships like theirs can help open-source projects stay maintained and sustainably monetized, and how Cloudflare’s distributed systems are helping to improve developer experience in Vite and beyond. …
Swap LLM providers with a small adapter pattern. One complete() interface, fetch-based OpenAI calls on Workers, env var switching, graceful degradation.
At this week’s AI Summit in San Francisco, South Korean President Jae Myung Lee and some of the country’s top business leaders and researchers are meeting with NVIDIA and ecosystem partners to chart Korea’s AI progress. Building on NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang’s visit to Korea last month, this week’s discussions and announcements advance […]
One of the perks of being in the thoughtbot universe is that we meet a ton of people building cool things, and many of them are startup founders, mentors or advisors. Lately, we’ve chatted with them about how they’re using AI tools for startups, both where AI adds value and where they’re seeing risks. AI tools have made it possible…
This tutorial walks you through choosing the right Deepgram speech model for noisy conditions in a Twilio Conversation Relay agent, and shows you which TwiML attributes to tune when the defaults fall short.
23 Jul
Two more weeks of building: new products, hundreds of pages, new courses, more than 20 tutorials, and a lot that I am not ready to reveal yet.
“We showed the value of having a foundational data platform, and that success story...
Perhaps you’ve seen something that should sail out of cache get dragged back to the origin by a stray Set-Cookie or Cache-Control, headers that can be hard to change on the origin itself. Cache Response Rules is the fix, applied at the right time.
Move Agent Orchestration/Workflows out of Code with Agent Framework Declarative Workflows 1.0
Microsoft Semantic KernelMost multi-agent apps wire every flow in application code: the sequence of steps, branching, and handoffs between agents all live inside the program, making the orchestration harder to review, version, and change. Declarative workflows make that orchestration explicit. In YAML, you define how agents coordinate, how state changes, where execution branches, and when people step […] The post Move Agent…
In earlier posts, we introduced contextual policies in Omnigent and showed them blocking...
Provisioning for the Agentic Era: How Databricks Built a Self-Serve Infrastructure Vending Machine
DatabricksAt Databricks, our field engineering organization exists to help customers succeed....
Minimize idle accelerators: Native RL job interleaving with co-operative time-slicing in llm-d
Google CloudThe math behind reinforcement learning (RL) post-training for large language models (LLMs) is notoriously unforgiving. As frontier AI labs push the boundaries of reasoning and coding models using RL post-training algorithms like Group Relative Policy Optimization (GRPO), they routinely hit hard architectural and infrastructure constraints. While much of the industry's focus remains on acquiring raw accelerator capacity, infrastructure efficiency is…
Welcome to The Blueprint, a new feature where we highlight how Google Cloud customers are tackling unique and common challenges across industries using the latest AI and cloud technologies. We hope to inspire others looking to innovate in their work. Founded in 2018, Voicify reimagines the traditional phone call with the goal of transforming every call into a seamless and…
What’s one of the biggest bottlenecks stopping organizations from scaling their AI initiatives? It isn’t the capabilities of today’s models — it’s their access to business context and semantic meaning. In the agentic era, enterprises need to go beyond simply storing data to activating it with trusted context, moving from passive systems of record to proactive systems of action. But…
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Conventional wisdom in agentic AI says that better answers cost more tokens: let...
Why does something as simple as reading the time become a hard problem for distributed systems?
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Agentic development is fast. An agent can scaffold a feature, write the tests it thinks it needs, and open a pull request before you’ve finished your morning coffee. That speed is real, and agentic development is not going away. Which means the QA analysts who thrive in this brave new world won’t be the ones […] The post Keep Calm…
Laravel is gauging interest in the Founders Summit, a one-day gathering in November 2026 for founders and leaders running businesses built on Laravel. The post Laravel Announces the Founders Summit, a One-Day Event for Founders appeared first on Laravel News. Join the Laravel Newsletter to get Laravel articles like this directly in your inbox.
null How AI and APIs Are Changing Everyday Development Work on SitePoint.
How a feature goes from idea to prototype to shipped For years, there’s been this really popular Chrome extension for adding a table of contents to your Medium stories. Props to Vinicius De Antoni for writing a popular chrome extension all those years go. The extension was so popular, we even wrote about it in our Medium Handbook. How to…
Go behind the scenes of Cerebrium to explore the design, 3D, and WebGL techniques that turned complex AI infrastructure into an intuitive interactive experience.
Today, we're announcing AI Spend Controls in Unity AI Gateway. This release extends...
Optimizing the context check. The post Making an agile version of a Windows Runtime delegate in C++/WinRT, part 4 appeared first on The Old New Thing.
Lock in and load up the cloud. GFN Thursday brings fresh updates and new adventures, all ready to play without waiting for downloads. Set sail in Path of Exile: Curse of the Allflame and charge in Battlefield 6 Season 4 both launching major content for members this week. Then revisit Capcom legends like Breath of […]
Use v0 to build a full-stack feedback board, connect a database, manage environment variables, sync with GitHub, and deploy to Vercel.
Agentic engineering is changing the shape of how software teams work, and in doing so, is raising the value of judgment work. Strong consulting on what’s actually worth building becomes an even larger differentiator. Framing ambiguous problems clearly, validating the assumptions that a plan rests on, and delivering impactful outcomes are all skills that Atomic […] The post Who Decides…
In this quiz, you’ll test your understanding of A Guide to Excel Spreadsheets in Python With openpyxl. By working through this quiz, you’ll revisit how to read data from spreadsheets, create new workbooks, and work with cells, rows, and columns. You’ll also review adding formulas, styles, conditional formatting, images, and charts with openpyxl. Spreadsheets show up everywhere in data work,…
From pilot to production: The platform team's playbook for scaling AI coding agents in regulated industries
Platform EngineeringScaling AI coding agents in regulated industries requires more than just successful pilots; it demands robust governance and production-ready infrastructure. Discover how platform teams can bridge the gap between experimentation and compliance by implementing observability, structured context engineering, and ephemeral workspace patterns to ensure safe, scalable AI adoption.
Build a reliable Node.js background job queue with BullMQ and Redis, including workers, retries, backoff, progress, concurrency, and idempotency.
null Building Reusable Component Libraries That Actually Survive Enterprise Scale on SitePoint.
The regulatory framework has changed significantly over the last decade. GDPR was once largely theoretical. But now, multi-billion euro fines have made it a solid statement on European privacy. India’s DPDP Act has enforced privacy protections for Indian citizens, Brazil’s LGPD is actively enforced against multinational corporations, and China’s PIPL and DSL impose strict cross-border ...
Explore the platform engineering certification path, from foundational concepts to architect-level expertise, designed for senior engineers and entire teams.
The hyperscale blueprint: Why cloud giants prioritize VMs for Kubernetes over bare metal
Platform EngineeringWhy do cloud giants use VMs for Kubernetes? Learn why AWS, Azure, and Google prioritize Virtual Machines for containerized workloads over bare metal, focusing on security and scalability.
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The PlatformCon 2026 Call for Proposals (CfP) is open! Submit your talk or workshop proposal to share your platform engineering insights.
AI agents are transforming large-scale software migrations. Learn which migrations work best, real-world case studies from Slack, Airbnb, and Google, and when to invest.
Explore the 10 platform engineering predictions for 2026. See how AI, FinOps, and new security models will fundamentally redefine the platform team's role and architecture.
The 'ivory tower' approach to Platform Engineering fails by ignoring customer problems. Adopt a customer-first strategy to stop wasting resources and build the platform your organization truly needs.
Bridge the gap between AI pilots and production. Explore the new six-plane reference architecture for an AI/ML Internal Developer Platform (IDP) on GCP, designed to handle data-intensive and complex ML workloads.
Compare the true cost and operational trade-offs of Kubernetes extended support fees from hyperscalers (AWS, GCP, Azure) versus the longer, predictable maintenance cycles of VMware VCF and other enterprise distributions.
A framework for automated, end-to-end data pipeline validation using isolation, declarative quality checks, and lineage-driven impact analysis.
Avoid AI silos & shadow IT. This 5-stage framework shows how to seamlessly integrate AI into platform engineering for enhanced operations and security.
Discover Kubernetes 1.35’s top 10 new Alpha features, including major DRA upgrades for AI hardware, mixed-version upgrade proxying, CSI security improvements, node feature declarations, smarter autoscaling, gang scheduling, in-place vertical scaling, and new pod restart actions.
The missing link in developer velocity: Virtual registries and the rise of the Artifact Platform
Platform EngineeringVirtual registries and high-performance caching cut CI/CD artifact download time, reduce egress costs, and boost developer velocity by turning artifact delivery into a core platform capability.
Kubernetes cluster lifecycle management: From manual operations to automated excellence
Platform EngineeringTransform Kubernetes operations with automated, scalable cluster lifecycle management. Reduce toil, improve security, and accelerate platform engineering.
A practical 8-week guide to building your Internal Developer Platform (IDP) MVP. Discover the 4-phase framework for developer self-service, how to pick your first team, and expert tips to ensure successful platform adoption.
Understand how AI-powered platforms differ from platforms for AI, why the distinction matters, and how each impacts architecture, teams, and infrastructure decisions.
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Discover why enterprises struggle with platform engineering and how shifting from a project mindset to a product-led approach drives adoption, alignment, and real developer value
How to measure developer productivity and platform ROI: A complete framework for platform engineers
Platform EngineeringA comprehensive framework for platform engineers and leaders to measure developer productivity and platform ROI. Learn why traditional metrics fail, and how to use DORA and SPACE frameworks for accurate assessment.
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AI is transforming healthcare, but ethical, security, and privacy risks demand strong governance. Platform engineering ensures safe, transparent, and compliant AI deployment that truly “does no harm.”
Choosing a container platform that's built for the future requires careful consideration. Learn more about critical factors such as long support lifecycles, multi-version flexibility, and first-class treatment for both VMs and containers.
Platform engineering removes LLM deployment bottlenecks by enabling self-service, scalable AI operations. Using Terraform, GitHub Actions, and Port, it standardizes and automates model deployment and governance.
The RICE framework helps platform teams prioritize initiatives by scoring Reach, Impact, Confidence, and Effort. It enables data-driven, transparent, customer-centric decisions with minimal overhead.
Internal developer portals are web interfaces that unify access to platform capabilities, reduce cognitive load, enable self-service, and improve governance for growing engineering organizations.
AI-assisted development is overwhelming traditional CI/CD testing. Platform engineers face scalability, visibility, and reliability gaps that legacy pipelines can’t fix. Discover how Kubernetes-native testing redefines scalability and control for modern engineering teams in 2025.
Master platform engineering with the omakase approach navigating DevEx with DORA, SPACE, FLOW metrics, CI/CD optimization, curated developer experience strategies and more.
Detect a project's tech stack from a public GitHub repo without cloning. GitHub API branch lookup, parallel raw manifest fetches, and signal mapping.
NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang today visited the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, to commission an NVIDIA DGX GB300 system — bringing one of the world’s most powerful AI platforms fully online for the students, researchers and faculty at the U.S. military’s flagship graduate university. “Our nation depends on our men and women […]
Learn how to use Laravel's new Illuminate\Image API introduced in Laravel 13.20 to resize, transform, convert, and store images with practical examples. The post A Practical Guide to Laravel's First-Party Image Processing appeared first on Laravel News. Join the Laravel Newsletter to get Laravel articles like this directly in your inbox.
Each quarter, we ask some of our R&D teams to take a week away from the day-to-day to experiment and innovate on AI. We call this AI Builders Week, and it helps fuel our AI transformation. In past quarters, we’ve focused on building for individual workflows — how do we each get faster and more productive […] The post Inside…
It is by no means the gravest linguistic crime of the React epoch,1 but "state management" grates like nails on chalkboard. A Socratic dialogue I keep having about it goes something like this: me: This UI is far too heavyweight for what it does, have you considered not using React? them: But how will we do state management without React?…
MCP (Model Context Protocol). At this point, you might have come across this term if you’ve worked with any kind of AI agent. But if you still haven’t, here’s a quick refresher on what it is and why it’s important. In simple terms: MCP is like a USB-C port for AI. Instead of building a custom connection for every app…
Exercises in benchmarking and evals, part 7: DeepSWE, Senior SWE-Bench, napkin math, and winter tires
Dan LuuThis is part of a series of exercises on benchmarking, evals, and experimental design (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)1. We're going to look at three questions, which are presented before the answers to give you time to think about the questions before seeing the answers. 29. A friend of mine is reviewing performance orders of magnitude to prep for…
The role of AI tools (LLMs, mainly) in Linux is under discussion, or it was, until Linus Torvalds “put his foot down” in support of the use of AI in Linux kernel development. I can identify two major ways in which AI is used for Linux kernel development: authoring code and reviewing code. There are, at the time of writing,…
Learn how to manage custom icons for web and mobile maps. Combine multiple icon sets on a single map, reuse them globally, and upload SVG or PNG formats.
Health in ChatGPT now lets eligible U.S. users securely connect medical records and Apple Health to get more personalized insights and better understand their health.
I've been developing SpaceDeck X since December last year. It started as me playing with a random framework I found fun, and it grew so much that I'm now working towards releasing it on Steam. I kept a devlog on Itch, but I feel like it is time to bring it to my own website. Especially considering that these updates…
Sakana AI's Fugu: Is this where model routing should live?
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Build a human-like AI voice assistant using PHP, Twilio Conversation Relay, and OpenAI. Learn to handle interruptions and add natural pauses for better UX.
This tutorial walks you through choosing the right Deepgram speech model for noisy conditions in a Twilio Conversation Relay agent, and shows you which TwiML attributes to tune when the defaults fall short.
22 Jul
Tracking tests on non-default branches was one of the most requested capabilities during the Bitbucket Tests (beta). We heard you, and today, we’re shipping it. Most teams don’t ship from main. Integration happens on develop, stabilisation on staging, releases cut from release. Until now, Bitbucket Tests only tracked the tests from default(main) branch, leaving the […] The post Bitbucket Tests…
IntroductionTraditionally, auditing is a tedious process that often requires detailed...
My schedule, a new role at Empirical Security, and the CVE and vulnerability talks worth your time. It is almost the first week of August, which means it is time to point myself at the desert one more time. BSides Las Vegas, Black Hat, and DEF CON all land back to back, and for me it is the same ritual…
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Posted by Fahd Imtiaz, Senior Product Manager and Miguel Montemayor, Developer Relations Engineer, Android Developer Experience Today at Galaxy Unpacked, Samsung unveiled its latest lineup of foldable and wearable devices. For developers, this means that the variety of form factors, screen sizes, and device postures your app needs to support is expanding once again. With devices like the Galaxy Z…
HR doesn’t have a tool problem, it has a connection problem. The Atlassian Ecosystem turns fragmented systems into one intelligent system of work. HR has quietly become one of the most cross-functional operations in any organization. Onboarding a new hire touches IT provisioning, payroll, compliance training, manager coordination, and knowledge management, often across a half-dozen […] The post Stop stitching…
Making large pricing changes safe to run, safe to resume, and safe to undo. Most days, shipping code to production at Thumbtack is a non-event. You merge your change, a deployment pipeline takes it from there and it rolls out while you monitor the rollout. If a deploy stalls, the system already knows which step it stalled on. If it…
Practice collections with a short kotlin challenge.
Healthcare organizations face a critical scaling challenge – how to maintain deeply personalized patient interactions as member bases grow, without overwhelming care teams or compromising quality. At Pelago, a digital health company specializing in substance use disorder support, the engineering team found a way to build an AI-powered solution to address this challenge using AWS […]
Record your screen, talk through what you want done, and let Loom generate a structured action plan agents can use to execute tasks. The post Give AI agents the full picture with Loom video prompts appeared first on Inside Atlassian.
Securing Infrastructure at Scale: Introducing Pinterest’s Resource Provisioner Pipeline (RPP)
PinterestAmmar Ekbote | Senior Software Engineer Chan Kim | Senior Software Engineer Managing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) across a massive organization comes with a unique set of security and logistical challenges, particularly when operating within a distributed, multi-repository architecture. At Pinterest, we designed the Resource Provisioner Pipeline (RPP) , our specialized, proprietary Terraform execution engine to safely manage both critical…
In this article, we try to explore the collective thinking into a smaller set of practices and explain the reasoning behind each one, rather than asking anyone to memorize a numbered list.
Compare the best AI prototyping tools for product teams - Miro, Figma, UXPilot, Magic Patterns, Galileo AI, Visily, and Framer - and when to use each. Best AI Prototyping Tools for Product Teams on SitePoint.
Learn how to remove image backgrounds for consistent, transparent product photos on the web, from manual editing to automated pipelines. Removing Image Backgrounds in Web Projects: A Practical Guide on SitePoint.
The more we hand payments to AI, the more it matters who's actually accountable.
There's now a government plan for agentic payments, and a gap still to close.
Learn how deep learning programmatic retargeting boosts e-commerce ROAS with automated product catalogs, dynamic ads, and real-time bid optimization. How to scale e-commerce revenue with deep learning programmatic retargeting? on SitePoint.
AWS CloudFormation is the foundational tool of infrastructure-as-code for thousands of organizations running workloads on AWS. But as teams push the boundaries of what CloudFormation can do natively, custom resources have emerged as a powerful extension mechanism that unlocks a broad range of possibilities. Yet, when it comes to building resilient, multi-Region deployments with custom […]
From maintenance to innovation: Checking in on Checkout.com’s Cloud Composer 3 migration
Google CloudData engineering teams often face a “Day 2” operational reality after building a data platform: the ongoing work of maintaining the orchestrator itself. For the Data Platform team at Checkout.com, managing a self-hosted Apache Airflow environment on another hyperscaler was consuming time the team wanted to spend elsewhere as server management, patching, and incident response were pulling focus from building…
The object that actively refuses to be marshaled. The post Making an agile version of a Windows Runtime delegate in C++/WinRT, part 3 appeared first on The Old New Thing.
The Python lock file, pylock.toml, records exact dependencies your project needs so installs come out the same every time. It isn’t the first of its kind, though—most modern package tools already define their own lock formats. This has led to a fragmented landscape where reproducibility is often limited to a single tool’s workflow, with each ecosystem effectively speaking its own…
A behind-the-scenes look at the engineering behind Ridgeline, covering the architectural decisions, Webflow integration, real-time terrain rendering, animation techniques, and performance optimizations that brought a cinematic 3D experience to life.
Architecting offline-first generative AI applications for edge deployments using AWS services
AWS ArchitectureAccording to Siemens’ 2024 report The True Cost of Downtime, Fortune 500 companies lose an estimated $1.4 trillion annually because of unplanned downtime. This downtime is often worsened by a lack of skills to detect and resolve issues quickly. Generative AI offers a promising path to address this, but deploying these capabilities in industrial environments […]
Organizations in regulated industries like financial services, insurance, healthcare, and government ingest large volumes of data containing personally identifiable information (PII). Your applications, claims processing systems, partner data feeds, and internal workflows produce files that may include names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and domain-specific identifiers such as policy numbers, member IDs, and medical record numbers. […]