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Kotlin Code Style: Best Practices for Former Java Developers

Many Kotlin projects mirror Java thinking—code that works but lacks Kotlin’s true strengths of conciseness, expressiveness, and safety, creating “Java with a Kotlin accent.”

January 12, 2026

by Konstantin Glumov

· 3,021 Views · 3 Likes

Apache Spark 4.0: What’s New for Data Engineers and ML Developers

Spark 4.0 brings Spark Connect, enhanced SQL (PIPE, VARIANT), richer Python APIs, and advanced streaming — modernizing Spark for faster, more flexible 2025 workloads.

January 12, 2026

by harshraj bhoite

· 2,047 Views

The Night We Split the Brain: A Telling of Control & Data Planes for Cloud Microservices

Split control and data planes with versioned snapshots and four contracts — routing, policy, limits, release — for safer rollouts and reliably boring systems.

January 12, 2026

by Bharath Kumar Reddy Janumpally

· 4,364 Views · 2 Likes

Leveraging AI-Based Authentication Factors in Modern Identity and Access Management Solutions

Discover how AI is revolutionizing identity management by making authentication smarter, faster, more adaptive, and highly secure against evolving cyber threats.

January 12, 2026

by Atish Kumar Dash

· 1,378 Views · 1 Like

Data Lakehouse vs. Data Mesh: Rethinking Scalable Data Architectures in 2026

Organizations are blending Data Lakehouse and Data Mesh paradigms — together forming a hybrid, future-ready data architecture.

January 12, 2026

by harshraj bhoite

· 3,214 Views · 3 Likes

Why PostgreSQL Vacuum Matters More Than You Think

Learn how dead tuples slow queries, when to use autovacuum or manual Vacuum, and how tuning improves large or high traffic tables.

January 12, 2026

by arvind toorpu

CORE

· 2,441 Views · 3 Likes

Pragmatic Paths to On-Device AI on Android with ML Kit

Use ML Kit to add on-device AI (Text/Barcode/OCR, Object & Pose, Translation) with simple Kotlin APIs-fast, offline, private.

January 12, 2026

by Mohan Sankaran

· 1,838 Views · 6 Likes

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

· 1,519 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

· 5,684 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

· 1,744 Views · 2 Likes

Beyond Extensions: Architectural Deep-Dives into File Upload Security

Secure uploads by using whitelisted extensions, verifying "Magic Bytes," and storing files with randomized names in a non-executable sandbox.

January 9, 2026

by Akanksha Pathak

CORE

· 1,738 Views · 1 Like

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

· 1,525 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

· 3,460 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

· 1,912 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

· 1,592 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

· 1,653 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

· 1,980 Views · 2 Likes

Speak Their Language: How Communication Profiling Prevents Agile Delivery Breakdowns

This article introduces a practical framework for diagnosing and stabilizing delivery by treating communication as system infrastructure.

January 8, 2026

by Ella Mitkin

· 2,508 Views · 3 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

· 2,389 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

· 1,940 Views · 2 Likes

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