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Serverless Spark Isn't Always the Answer: A Case Study

Processing 500M+ records with 100 concurrent users under a 5-minute SLA demands smart architecture. We evaluate seven compute models and why hybrid approaches often win.

January 12, 2026

by Janani Annur Thiruvengadam

CORE

· 1,661 Views · 1 Like

Why Encryption Alone Is Not Enough in Cloud Security

Practical Lessons from Real-World Scenarios That Clearly Demonstrate Why Relying on Encryption Alone Cannot Fully Protect Cloud Workloads

January 9, 2026

by Atish Kumar Dash

· 5,800 Views · 1 Like

The Rise of Diskless Kafka: Rethinking Brokers, Storage, and the Kafka Protocol

Diskless Kafka stores all event data in object storage without using brokers for scalable and cost-efficient data streaming architectures.

January 9, 2026

by Kai Wähner

CORE

· 1,881 Views · 2 Likes

Mastering Fluent Bit: Developer Guide to Telemetry Pipeline Routing (Part 12)

This intro to mastering Fluent Bit covers telemetry pipeline routing mechanisms, tag-based, conditional, and label-based, with hands-on examples for developers.

January 9, 2026

by Eric D. Schabell

CORE

· 1,638 Views · 2 Likes

How to Build and Deploy an AI Agent on Kubernetes With AWS Bedrock, FastAPI and Helm

Learn how to build, containerize, and deploy a lightweight, cloud-native AI agent on Amazon EKS using FastAPI, AWS Bedrock, Docker, and Helm.

January 9, 2026

by Chandrasekhar Rao Katru

· 3,690 Views · 6 Likes

Essential Techniques for Production Vector Search Systems Part 2 - Binary Quantization

Proven techniques for production vector search including when to use each one, how to combine them effectively, trade offs to understand before deployment.

January 9, 2026

by Pavan Vemuri

CORE

· 2,010 Views · 3 Likes

Multi-Region Apache Kafka using Synchronous Replication for Disaster Recovery With Zero Data Loss (RPO=0)

Kafka isn’t one-size-fits-all. Choose between self-managed, serverless, or BYOC deployments. New RPO=0 options now enable zero data loss for real-time applications.

January 9, 2026

by Kai Wähner

CORE

· 1,672 Views · 2 Likes

From Code to Runtime: How AI Is Bridging the SAST–DAST Gap

A practical exploration of how AI connects static code vulnerabilities with their potential runtime exploitability in modern cloud-native applications

January 9, 2026

by Atish Kumar Dash

· 1,780 Views · 1 Like

How AI Is Rewriting DevOps: Practical Patterns for Faster, Safer Releases

AI is reshaping DevOps by accelerating development, testing, and deployment while enhancing reliability through smart automation.

January 9, 2026

by Bhanu Sekhar Guttikonda

CORE

· 2,185 Views · 2 Likes

When Services Think for Themselves: Traditional Orchestration vs. Agentic AI Microservices

Why traditional orchestration falls short and how agentic AI enables predictive, autonomous microservices for modern cloud-native architectures.

January 8, 2026

by Atish Kumar Dash

· 2,585 Views · 1 Like

Essential Techniques for Production Vector Search Systems Part 1 - Hybrid Search

Proven techniques for production vector search including when to use each one, how to combine them effectively, and trade offs to understand before deployment.

January 8, 2026

by Pavan Vemuri

CORE

· 2,144 Views · 2 Likes

Telemetry-Driven AI Architecture: Closing the Loop from UX to Models

Most Android AI features fail after launch because they don’t learn from real users — this architecture logs predictions and user outcomes.

January 8, 2026

by Mohan Sankaran

· 2,947 Views · 5 Likes

Building a Containerized Quarkus API and a CI/CD Pipeline on AWS EKS/Fargate with CDK

This project demonstrates a production-ready approach to deploying a containerized Quarkus API on AWS EKS/Fargate, leveraging Infrastructure as Code through the AWS CDK.

January 8, 2026

by Nicolas Duminil

CORE

· 2,419 Views · 1 Like

Secure Log Tokenization Using Aho–Corasick and Spring

This article shows how to use the Aho–Corasick algorithm and deterministic tokenization in Spring Boot to intercept logs in real time, remove sensitive values.

January 8, 2026

by Balakumaran Sugumar

· 2,179 Views · 3 Likes

Handling Logging After Migrating UiPath to Automation Cloud

Learn about logging challenges after migrating UiPath Orchestrator to Automation Cloud and robot-level log ingestion as a scalable observability approach.

January 7, 2026

by RAVINDRA REDDY MADIREDDY

· 2,591 Views · 2 Likes

AWS Bedrock vs Azure OpenAI vs Gemini API: A Practical Comparison

Bedrock = multi-model flexibility, Azure OpenAI = Microsoft-centric enterprise, Gemini = long-context and multimodal with free tier.

January 7, 2026

by Jubin Soni, FBCS

CORE

· 5,027 Views · 1 Like

Implementing Idempotency in Distributed Spring Boot Applications Using MySQL

Implementing idempotency in distributed Spring Boot applications using MySQL row-level locking and transactions to handle concurrent requests safely.

January 7, 2026

by Balakumaran Sugumar

· 5,552 Views · 7 Likes

Automated Deployment Using a CI/CD Pipeline (Mule 4 | CloudHub 2.0)

This tutorial demonstrates automated deployment using a CI/CD pipeline with Mule 4. It shows how code pushed to a Git repository triggers deployment automatically.

January 7, 2026

by ARINDAM GOSWAMI

· 2,822 Views · 1 Like

The Hidden Security Risks in ETL/ELT Pipelines for LLM-Enabled Organizations

As LLMs enter data pipelines, ETL/ELT becomes part of the AI security boundary, where untrusted inputs can introduce upstream risks.

January 7, 2026

by Vivek Venkatesan

· 3,772 Views · 2 Likes

Why Small Language Models Are Transforming AI Adoption for Everyone

Small language models (SLMs) enable faster, efficient, and on-device AI, reducing costs while making advanced AI accessible to more users and businesses.

January 7, 2026

by Sanjaykumar Ghinaiya

· 2,289 Views · 1 Like

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